With bizarrely ornate feathers and outrageous dances, New Guinea’s birds-of-paradise are glorious living examples of how sexual selection can make...
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When a pathogen attacks your cells, your body calls in the cavalry. But how exactly do immune components, such as...
Cornered by a dangerous predator, a gecko can self-amputate its still twitching tail, creating a fleeting moment of distraction –...
The question of whether a 7-million-year-old primate, nicknamed ‘Toumai,’ walked on two or four legs has whipped up drama amongst...
Between COVID-19 lockdowns and nail-biting elections, 2020 is certainly driving many of us to spend more time on social media...
With strange smarts, shifting skin, and squishy bodies powered by three hearts, octopuses can get up to all sorts of...
In our endless search to understand the Universe and our place within it, precious little blips in data can hint...
Seeing what the heck is going on inside of us is useful for many aspects of modern medicine. But how...
First we discovered platypus would look great at a rave, now wombats, bilbies and other marsupials can join the blacklight...
Amongst the many problems we’ve had with the spread of COVID-19 is the coronavirus‘s ability to survive on surfaces for...
Earth’s past has served up some super-sized beasties – from mega sharks to giant wombats. Birds are no exception. Palaeontologists...
Naked mole rats are beloved for having some of the strangest mammalian superpowers. They can resist cancers, defy the usual...
