Nature

Carrion Crow vocalizing Image Credit: Tobias Machts

Songbirds consciously control their calls

What evolutionary advantage did snakes gain by losing their legs? © Getty Images

What evolutionary advantage did snakes gain by losing their legs?

Brain cells’ ability to work as a team strengthens memories © Getty Images

Brain cells’ ability to work as a team strengthens memories

What actually happens when a caterpillar becomes a butterfly? Is it a Pokémon situation or more of a Cronenberg thing? © Dan Bright

What actually happens when a caterpillar becomes a butterfly? Is it a Pokémon situation or more of a Cronenberg thing?

Fish taste buds could teach humans to regrow teeth © Getty Images

Fish taste buds could teach humans to regrow teeth

Do viruses die? © iStock

Why don’t viruses like the flu die off when no one is ill?

What is slime mould (Physarum polycephalum)? © Getty Images

What is slime mould (Physarum polycephalum)?

Meet the mammoth hunters collecting rare tusks in Russia © Getty Images

Who are the hunters of rare mammoth tusks in Russia?

Long term memory forming mechanism discovered in mice © Getty Images

Long-term memory forming mechanism discovered in mice

Dinosaurs: now in colour (Caihong juji © Magic Torch)

Technicolour dinosaurs New discoveries are revealing how ancient dinosaurs lived

Flamboyant animals: seven of nature’s most colourful show offs (Purple harlequin toad © Getty Images)

Flamboyant animals 7 of nature’s most colourful show offs

A glowing swell shark. © David Gruber / iScience

Light shed on secrets of glow-in-the-dark sharks

Seven animals that really shouldn’t fly but do © Getty Images

Flying animals 7 gravity-defying creatures

Chimps' working memory "similar to seven-year-old children" © Getty Images

Chimps’ working memory “similar to seven-year-old children”

Is it true that cows lie down when it’s about to rain? © Getty Images

Is it true that cows lie down when it’s about to rain?