Biology news, articles and features | Page 34 | New Scientist

Skip to content

man and baby

Health

We're heading for a male fertility crisis and we're not prepared

Fertility has been considered a woman's problem for so long, but sperm counts are dropping and men have a ticking clock too. It's time to redress the balance

Features

porpoise

Life

Porpoises twist laws of physics to aim their focused sonar beams

News

Human arrivals wiped out the Caribbean’s giant ground sloths

Earth

Human arrivals wiped out the Caribbean’s giant ground sloths

News

Crab eating bird

Life

Giant coconut crab sneaks up on a sleeping bird and kills it

News

Boy who had skin graft playing football

Health

Boy with a genetic disease has had almost all his skin replaced

News

Sheep learn to recognise celebrity faces from different angles

Life

Sheep learn to recognise celebrity faces from different angles

News

Planting trees could mop up ten years’ worth of greenhouse gases

Earth

Planting trees could mop up ten years’ worth of greenhouse gases

News

Dinosaur mass-extinction let mammals come out in the day

Life

Dinosaur mass-extinction let mammals come out in the day

News

A person with ME lying on the floor with a biohazard sticker on her. A green banner behind with ME Blood written on it.

Health

Blood cells in chronic fatigue syndrome are drained of energy

News

The latest science reads remind us why we really do need experts

Earth

The latest science reads remind us why we really do need experts

Mary Halton reflects on how books on forecasting, rock-reading and the grisly world of Victorian medicine highlight how we have always relied on those in the know

Culture

Life

Inside the strange world of the Museum of Ordinary Animals

Culture

Life

Freeloading mites are squatting on spider webs and stealing food

News

Humans

The very first living thing is still alive inside each one of us

Features

Life

People who illegally kill birds of prey are getting away with it

News