Current Biology is a general journal that publishes original research across all areas of biology together with an extensive and varied set of editorial sections. A primary aim of the journal is to foster communication across fields of biology, both by publishing important findings of general interest from diverse fields and through highly accessible editorial articles that explicitly aim to inform non-specialists.
Researchers watched a bull named Achille mount a male donkey named Patroclo 51 times on an Ethiopian pasture, and the donkey never pulled away. Why the two paired up, and what it is for, the study cannot say.
Miracinonyx trumani fossils from the Yukon carry nitrogen isotope signatures higher than any other Pleistocene carnivore in the region, placing these cats a full trophic level above their southern relatives and pointing toward salmon runs rather than grasslands.
Neanderthals carried a growth hormone receptor that signals more strongly in cultured cells than the common modern version. Adults who inherited it average slightly more muscle mass, a marginally shorter jaw ramus and shorter tooth roots.