Environment
Identity crisis: When is a dinosaur not a dinosaur?
As though extinction weren't enough, dinosaurs have also had to deal with doubts over their very existence, and the legitimacy of some of our favourite species
Features
Earth
Giant sea spiders sit and wait for prey to knock themselves out
News
Environment
The world’s first snail orchestra makes its crunchy debut
Culture
Environment
A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land
News
Earth
The European Union has decided to ban bee-killing pesticides
News
Earth
Cute but dim quolls have been taught to stop eating toxic toads
News
Humans
Horses remember if you smiled or frowned when they last saw you
News
Humans
Origin of our species: Why humans were once so much more diverse
Features
Environment
Blossoms: The complex secrets of spring鈥檚 simple beauty
Culture
Earth
Almost 1500 bird species face extinction and we’re to blame
One-eighth of the world鈥檚 11,000 bird species are now threatened, and in most cases farming is the biggest threat thanks to our increasingly meat-rich diets
News
Earth
Ants build a medieval 鈥榯orture rack鈥� to catch grasshoppers
News
Earth
Oxygen may have helped complex life arise a billion years early
News
Earth
Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains
News
Environment
Trees may have a 鈥榟eartbeat鈥� that is so slow we never noticed it
News