Imagine if you relied on your body odours to keep intruders away from your home. You’d want to do what you could to up the stink factor, right? For the lemurs o...
Feeding the world’s growing population is one of the greatest challenges facing our current and future generations. The increasing demand for food is putting pr...
The courtship displays of tropical birds are fascinating showcases of evolutionary adaptations and sexual selection. New evidence shows how speedy wing muscles ...
Male fiddler crabs fight aggressively over territory using their one giant claw, which can grow on either their left or right side. These claws can often get da...
Populations of common birds are being strongly affected by climate change, and in similar ways across Europe and the USA, a new study shows.
An international...
Why do some animals choose to live together with others of different species? A recent study aimed to investigate this behaviour in mixed shoals of three-spined...
In the wild, mistakenly caring for a rival's offspring can be a costly exercise, so being able to identify your own young is important. A new study finds that m...
Invasive species can have devastating effects on native plants and animals. Once invasives become established in a new area, it often becomes incredibly difficu...
