Long live the queen: Anti-insulin protein linked to 500% increase in longevity among ants

Black garden queen ant can produce one million eggs and live for 30 years, unlike her sterile worker sisters, who only have one year’s …

Why do bees have queens? 2 biologists explain this insect’s social structure – and why some bees don’t have a queen at all

The division of labour and the complex hive structures help explain why there are bees with queens

Humanity’s tipping point? How the Queen’s death stole a climate warning’s thunder

A study published in Science heralded changes that could threaten the future of civil society on this planet but it was Queen’s death …

The Gond kingdoms

The first historically recorded Gond kingdoms came up in central India’s hilly region in the 14th and 15th century AD

About two-thirds of world’s population suffers tooth decay

High intake of sugary food and drinks to be blamed

Drug delivery pioneer Robert Langer receives engineering ‘Nobel’

Nearly two billion lives have been touched by his inventions

Rio+20 postponed. Date clashed with Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee

54 Commonwealth head of states would have had to choose between the two events

Bovine TB: culling of badgers less effective strategy for controlling disease

New study suggests that testing cattle is more effective

Ancient roots of a modern holiday

When May Day meant rebirth of the soil

Scientists identify viruses causing mass deaths of amphibians in Europe

Pathogenic viruses can jump between a range of species; pose threat to reptiles, too