The secret recipe nature uses to make the diverse leaf shapes we see everywhere around us has been...
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Nature’s secret recipe for making leaves
Extinction of ice age giants likely drove surviving animals apart
As the world grapples with an extinction crisis, our large mammals are among the most endangered...
National Trust announces first beaver reintroductions
The National Trust has announced plans to release Eurasian beavers at two sites in the south of...
Saving ‘Half-Earth’ for nature would affect over a billion people
Plans to save biodiversity must take into account the social impacts of conservation if they are to...
Lichens are way younger than scientists thought
You’ve probably seen a lichen, even if you didn’t realise it. If you’ve ever meandered through the...
What is a ‘mass extinction’ and are we in one now?
For more than 3.5 billion years, living organisms have thrived, multiplied and diversified to...
Bats don’t rely on gut bacteria the way humans do
Right now, there are trillions of bacteria living in your gut, making up about one percent of your...
Mammals’ complex backbones are linked to our high...
Mammals’ backbones are weird. Compared to other four-legged animals like reptiles, mammal spines...
Melting Arctic sea ice linked to emergence of deadly virus in...
Scientists have linked the decline in Arctic sea ice to the emergence of a deadly virus that could...
New report shows how nature nurtures children
The Wildlife Trusts commissioned a study by the Institute of Education at UCL to evaluate the...
Complex society discovered in birds
Multilevel societies have, until now, only been known to exist among large-brained mammals...
Coral study prompts rethink of classic scientific theory
A world-first study is challenging long-held assumptions about the role of sunlight in...
Hot as shell: birds in cooler climates lay darker eggs to keep...
Birds lay eggs with a huge variety of colours and patterns, from immaculate white to a range of...
A small New Zealand songbird that hides food for later use...
When we think about animals storing food, the image that usually comes to mind is a squirrel busily...