Did you know platypus fur glows under UV light? Indi Lacey explains why…
Secrets of the Wood Wide Web
Indi Lacey sheds light on the secrets of the lungs of the earth: forests.
Whale, Whale, Whale – What Do We Have Here?
New data reveals that moulting is one of the main reasons whales migrate to warmer waters. Sounds like they’ve cracked the code for the ultimate ocean skin care routine. Whales can be split into two […]
Fluorescent Frogs
Amphibians come in a wide range of colours, from the startling fire salamander to the many brilliant shades of dart frog, but scientists at St. Cloud State University have recently discovered a new spectrum of […]
The Perfect Swarm
10 Plagues of Egypt Bingo is a game you just don’t want to win. East Africa is yet to tick off rivers of blood, death of firstborns and thunderstorms of hail and fire, but they […]
Banishing Blights on Bees
Scientists from The University of Texas, Austin, recently found genetic alterations in bacteria which live in bees’ guts to be successful at killing Varroa Mite, an Asian native mite that kills honey bees, as the […]
The UK’s First Climate Assembly Met – But Now What?
The UK’s first citizens’ assembly on climate change has now had two out of their four allotted meetings held to tackle the meaty challenge of deciding how the government should meet the legally binding target […]
Chytrid Chaos
Chytrid disease is one of the greatest threats to amphibians worldwide and a problem that is only increasing as it spreads across continents. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, shortened to Bd, is the species of fungus responsible for […]
Caecilians – The Amphibian worm monsters?
Best described to sci-fi enthusiasts as looking like a scaled-down version of the worm monsters in Tremors, Dune and (most accurately) The Empire Strikes Back, caecilians are probably some of the strangest creatures out there. […]
Plastic Panic! How does synthetic waste affect the oceans?
“There is no away – because plastic is so permanent and so indestructible. When you cast it into the ocean, there is no away” Sir David Attenborough Plastics are almost in everything that we touch […]
Unexpected Extinctions
The “global wave of extinction is now lapping at our shores” warns Martin Harper, conservation director with the RSPB. Species extinction often feels like an issue far from home; one that affects orang-utans, tigers, […]