Lizzie Harrett

Recent articles by Lizzie Harrett

Yao honey-hunter Orlando Yassene holds a wild greater honeyguide female (temporarily captured for research) in the Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique © Claire N. Spottiswoode

Honey hunt demonstrates rare human-bird collaboration

Pheidole viserion, a newly discovered ant species from Papua New Guinea © OIST

Brace yourself, the dragon ants are coming

Deployment of catamaran taking samples © Alfred-Wegener-Institut

Hitching a ride? Deadly bacteria cling on to discarded plastic

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Human intelligence question cracked using brain variability

Montage of MeerKAT First Light radio image and four zoomed-in insets - the two panels to the right show distant galaxies with massive black holes at their centers © MeerKAT

MeerKAT radio telescope discovers unknown galaxies in distant space

Could sleeping with chickens ward off mosquito-borne malaria? © Getty Images

Could sleeping with chickens ward off mosquito-borne malaria?