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Microplastics Found in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Animals
A new study has detected microplastics inside animals inhabiting deep-sea hydrothermal vents more than 6,500…
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How the Bearded Vulture Eats Bones
When other animals leave a carcass because little more than bones remain, the bearded vulture has found its…
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Pando: How the World’s Largest Organism Faces an Uncertain Future
High on the Wasatch Mountains in the western United States, above a lake fed by springs, lives one immense…
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European Grove Snail Slime Reveals Five Remarkable Materials
A European grove snail can glide across a brick on a layer of slime, yet that same animal can attach…
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Crows Can Count Aloud, Scientists Discover
Corvids are widely recognised for remarkable displays of inventive and intelligent thought, but a newly…
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Sea Urchins Face Local Extinction in the Canary Islands
Sea urchins have been vanishing beneath the waves, well away from beaches and promenades, and initially the…
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How to monitor your pet’s water intake: 5 essential tips
Maintaining good hydration is essential to the proper functioning of dogs’ and cats’ bodies, yet it is not…
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Mammoth Bones at Bukov May Reveal Repeated Ice Age Hunts
Woolly mammoths, elephant-sized kin of today’s elephants covered in dense fur, once travelled across the icy…
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Coral reef fish nursery habitats reshape development
Coral reef fish do not reach their nursery grounds as fully formed animals. The convict surgeonfish spends…
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CapuchinAI brings laboratory research to Costa Rican capuchins
A wooden box fixed to a platform in a Costa Rican forest can recognise a capuchin monkey’s face and select…
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Invasive species can force people from their homes
Invasive species have already driven people from their homes. At one ranch in Kenya, a cactus caused half of…
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Blind Cavefish Grow Taste Buds Across Their Faces
In limestone caves beneath a forest in Mexico, inky pools shelter unusual eyeless fish whose faces are covered…
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How Human Noise Changes Bird Behaviour and Survival
Car engines, aircraft, drilling equipment and even lawn mowers create a continual wash of sound. To birds…
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Ancient Lungfish Fossils Reveal New Clues to Life on Land
New evidence from extremely ancient fish is giving scientists a clearer picture of one of the most significant…
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How biodiversity portfolio effects build ecosystem resilience
Climate change, disappearing habitats, invasive species and overfishing are all unrelenting pressures, with…
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Forget The 7-Year Rule: Scientists Find a New Way to Calculate a Dog’s Age
Marking a dog’s birthday is one of the truly lovely occasions to enjoy and share on social media. Part of…
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Why Hundreds of Sharks Are Gathering Near the Coast
At dawn, the first walkers thought they saw a dark sheet moving just beyond the break of the waves. Then…
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Why Ancient Egyptians Linked Thoth’s Baboons to Moonlight
Ancient Egyptians did something truly unusual with Thoth, one of their most significant gods. While nearly…
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Albi: a 1.50-metre catfish appears in the Tarn
By late morning, walkers along the banks of the Tarn in Albi sometimes slow down without immediately knowing…
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Dolphins Filmed Using Shells to Hunt Fish, Offering New Evidence The Behaviour Might Run in The Family
Dolphins filmed off Queensland, Australia, have been seen using a seldom-observed hunting method called…
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Why Some People Prefer Their Dog’s Company to Human Relationships
In France and elsewhere, some people find their dog’s presence more soothing than certain human relationships.