Nature

The Bone Wars: how a bitter rivalry drove progress in palaeontology © Frederick Gutekunst (Public domain)

The Bone Wars How a bitter rivalry drove progress in palaeontology

How do octopuses move their limbs if they have no bones? © Getty Images

How do octopuses move their limbs if they have no bones?

8 of the wildest ideas in science to blow your mind © Scott Balmer

Everyday science

8 of the wildest ideas in science that will blow your mind

Even stray dogs understand human gestures, study finds © Getty Images

Even stray dogs understand human gestures, study finds

Being an ambidextrous squirrel better than being one with a strong hand preference © Getty Images

Paw control Squirrels with hand preference ‘less efficient at learning new tasks'

Why have trees evolved such a variety of leaf shapes? © Getty Images

Why have trees evolved such a variety of leaf shapes?

Cat parasite reduces general anxiety in infected mice, not just fear of feline predators © Getty Images

Cat parasite reduces general anxiety in infected mice, not just fear of feline predators

Prehistoric scorpion one of the first creatures to scuttle onto dry land (New species of prehistoric scorpion may have been early land explorer © Andrew Wendruff/PA)

Prehistoric scorpion one of the first creatures to scuttle onto dry land

Fish with Black Panther-inspired name one of 71 new species found in 2019 (Cirrhilabrus wakanda, Luiz Rocha © 2018 California Academy of Sciences)

Fish with Black Panther-inspired name one of 71 new species found in 2019

Pet Shop Boys or Snoop Dog? Spotify releases personalised pet playlists © Getty Images

Pet Shop Boys or Snoop Dogg? Spotify releases personalised pet playlists

Northern white rhino embryo could save all-female subspecies from extinction © Ben Curtis/AP

Northern white rhino embryo could save all-female subspecies from extinction

Evolution would likely lead to 'very similar-looking organisms' if it started again © Getty Images

Evolution would likely lead to ‘very similar-looking organisms’ if it started again

Badger culls: do they stop the spread of tuberculosis? © Seth Jacksonuse

Reality Check Do badger culls stop the spread of bovine TB?

Wild ideas in science: Plants could be conscious © Scott Balmer

Wild ideas in science Plants could be conscious

What is a pink fairy armadillo? © Getty Images

What is a pink fairy armadillo?