Biology

Colombian jungle and hills (Credit: Sergio Fabara)
Best of BBC Future
The pristine jungle cut off by war
By Jose Luis Penarredonda
Calorie restriction involves a permanent reduction in a diet (Credit: Getty Images)
In Depth
The secret to a long and healthy life?
By Alex Riley
Vegetables and pickle jar (Credit: Getty Images)
Microbes and Me
Eating your way to a healthy gut
By Martha Henriques
In sun-baked deserts of Namibia, fossils are showing clues as to what life would have looked like before the Cambrian Explosion (Credit: Getty Images)
Biology
What did the earliest life look like?
By Jasmin Fox-Skelly
Mosquito feeding (Credit: Getty Images)
Ask a Stupid Question
Do mosquitoes get drunk?
By Stephen Dowling
Vegan burger (Credit: Getty Images)
Microbes and Me
Veganism: the key to good gut health?
By Jessica Brown
Artists impression of gut flora (Credit: Getty Images)
Microbes and Me
What we know about gut health
By Jessica Brown
Probiotics magnified (Credit: Getty Images)
Biology
The health-giving life inside us
By Stephen Dowling
A new organ can give people a second lease on life (Credit: Getty)
100 Year Life
Can we cheat ageing?
By Diego Arguedaz Ortiz, Beth Sagar Fenton and Helena Merriman
The Roman noble Julia the Elder died in the year 14 at the age of 54, but most sources agree her death was the untimely consequence of exile and imprisonment (Credit: BBC/Getty)
100 Year Life
Do we live longer than our ancestors?
By Amanda Ruggeri
Alterations in the balance of gut bacteria may permanently reduce a child’s ability to absorb nutrients (Credit: Science Photo Library)
Future Now
The 'invisible allies' inside the body
By David Robson
(Credit: Getty Images)
Personology
How personality gets under your skin
By Christian Jarrett
Could humans be treated for ageing like any other disease? (Credit: Getty Images)
100 Year Life
The quest to cure ageing like a disease
By Britt Wray
Foot case for a mummy. (Credit: Getty)
Medical Myths
Do nails keep growing after death?
The American house spider is the most frequently encountered spider in North America (Credit: Zaria Gorvett)
Biology
The room with 10,000 spiders
By Zaria Gorvett
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