Species flee warming faster than previously thought
Animals and plants are shifting their natural home ranges towards the...
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Swedish wolves threatened by under-reported poaching
Illegal poaching accounts for over half of all deaths of Swedish...
Spermless mosquitoes hold promise to stop malaria
Scientists have created spermless mosquitoes in an effort to curb the...
How bloodsuckers find their blood
Scientists have identified the heat-sensitive facial nerves used by vampire bats...
Mothers of twins ‘have heavier single babies’
Single babies born to mothers of twins tend to be heavier,...
Dyslexia makes voices hard to discern, study finds
People with dyslexia struggle to recognise familiar voices, scientists suggest. The...
Age-related brain shrinking is unique to humans
The brains of our closest relatives, unlike our own, do not...
Tasmanian devil genome holds secret to survival
Scientists have sequenced the complete genomes of two Tasmanian devils in...
A rare he-she butterfly is born in London’s NHM
A half-male, half-female butterfly has hatched at London’s Natural History Museum....
Over-fished tuna in ‘hot water’, study finds
Two more species of tuna have been added to the Red...
Worms’ sex life yields advantage over parasites
Sex gives worms the power to fight off parasites, report researchers...
Dinosaurs were animal world’s top bone heads
Scientists have compared a dinosaur with several modern-day animals to settle...
Researchers switch on genes with blue pulse
Scientists have developed a technique that could be used to deliver...
Early human fossils unearthed in Ukraine
Ancient remains uncovered in Ukraine represent some of the oldest evidence...
Scientists to sequence thousands of insect genomes
Thousands of insects are being lined up to have their genomes...
Powerful cosmic blast as black hole shreds star
Astronomers have spied a star’s swan song as it is shredded...
Images capture moment brain goes unconscious
For the first time researchers have monitored the brain as it...
Deepest-living land animal found
Worms have been found living at depths in the Earth where...
Mars ‘remains in embryonic state’
Mars formed in record time, growing to its present size in...
Superbug Gene Found
A gene that causes bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics has...
