The remains of a fox unearthed at a human burial site in Argentina dating back 1,500 years has raised the possibility the animal may have…
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‘Vital for looking after the soil’: fears as UK earthworm population declines
In 2019, 15,000 children from primary schools across the UK went out to their local playing field. Instead of kicking a ball around, they dug…
View More ‘Vital for looking after the soil’: fears as UK earthworm population declinesWhat do animals do during an eclipse? Observers in US zoos hope to find out
Not every scientist’s attention will be focused on the skies during Monday’s solar eclipse. Animal behaviorists at several zoos across its pathway will be watching…
View More What do animals do during an eclipse? Observers in US zoos hope to find out‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe
On 18 March, 2022, scientists at the Concordia research station on the east Antarctic plateau documented a remarkable event. They recorded the largest jump in…
View More ‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastropheIn praise of bees: the Cupid of the flowering world
Honeybees turn nectar into honey. Plenty of other insects drink the sweet energy drink produced by flowers to fuel their flight, but no other stockpiles…
View More In praise of bees: the Cupid of the flowering worldBlue, mysterious and arriving by the millions: the alien-like creatures blanketing US beaches
From Oregon to California, blankets of alien-like blue creatures are washing up on rocky beaches. They are Velella velella, tiny colonies of organisms with a…
View More Blue, mysterious and arriving by the millions: the alien-like creatures blanketing US beachesA very British butterfly: spectacular swallowtail is built for capricious summers
The swallowtail is Britain’s largest and most spectacular butterfly. Most British butterflies are adapted to surviving gruelling, cold, wet, capricious summers, which is why many…
View More A very British butterfly: spectacular swallowtail is built for capricious summersIn defence of slugs and moths: the pesky invertebrates Britain loves to hate
Slugs eat our lettuce. Moths eat our jumpers. It seems pretty unlikely that either will win the Guardian’s invertebrate of the year competition, and yet…
View More In defence of slugs and moths: the pesky invertebrates Britain loves to hate‘Wonderful experience’: Researcher’s close encounter with Svalbard polar bears
Katarzyna Kudłacz was preparing a breakfast of scrambled eggs at a research station on Svalbard when she looked up to see she had three unexpected…
View More ‘Wonderful experience’: Researcher’s close encounter with Svalbard polar bearsEU pumps four times more money into farming animals than growing plants
The EU has made polluting diets “artificially cheap” by pumping four times more money into farming animals than growing plants, research has found. More than…
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