Jack Greenhalgh

No, we aren’t suddenly a (poorly-edited) website promising novel ways to listen to Lennon and McCartney, but instead a study into the science of bioacoustics and some of Britain’s quietest pond dwellers.

Most alien species in the United Kingdom are harmless, but here are a few examples of a small minority of invasive plants and animals disrupting the balance of our delicate ecosystem.

New evidence suggests multiple beginnings for light-emitting fish over 150 million years of evolution.

Astronomers find oxygen in galaxy 13.1 billion years old, offering clues to the formation of galaxies after the Big Bang.

Hunter instincts remain strong in domesticated cats, whose expectation of events is based on hearing.

Kepler-1647b, a gas giant the size of Jupiter, lies in the “goldilocks” zone in the Cygnus constellation.

New study finds teenage boys who show empathy towards members of the opposite sex likely to have more female friends.

Plastic pollution is a key theme of this year’s World Oceans Day, and a worrying new study finds fish larvae can actually turn to eating microplastics instead of natural sources.

New study finds personality of zebrafish affects the size of the fish’s tail and length of its body.

Wine-o-clock? Next time you fancy a large glass of wine, maybe you should think about using a smaller vessel.

LIGO measures second gravitational wave event just four months after initial findings that proved Einstein’s theory