Fifty-nine finfish species have ‘disappeared’ from fishermen’s catches in the world’s most species rich and vulnerable marine region, new research has shown. In the largest study...
Why doesn’t a spider’s web sag in the wind or catapult flies back out like a trampoline? The answer, according to new research by an international...
A study of butterflies suggests that when a species adapts, other parts of its genetic make-up can be linked to that adaptation, limiting diversity in the...
Experts at The University of Nottingham have designed a new system of evaluating the welfare of the UK’s captive elephants. The new assessment tool will provide...
A unique and pioneering study of the ancient and modern DNA of the ‘ship of the desert’ — the single humped camel or dromedary — has...
Scientists at Oxford University have built a mathematical model to explain the secrets of the chameleon’s extraordinarily powerful tongue. The chameleon’s tongue is said to unravel at...
The biggest library of bat sounds has been compiled to identify bats from their calls in Mexico – a country which harbours many of the Earth’s...
Scientists at the University of Oxford have created synthetic tissues that possess functional properties controlled by light – including the ability to ‘switch on’ the expression...
The most detailed map of a small, rocky ‘super Earth’ to date reveals a planet almost completely covered by lava, with a molten ‘hot’ side and...
Stanford scientists have resurrected a discarded drug that helps human cells in a lab dish fight off two different viruses. Based on what they learned about...