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A group of macaques

Life

Low-ranked female monkeys band together against their leaders

Female rhesus macaques have a strict hierarchy, but the subordinates can buck authority and even climb the social ladder if they’re big enough and have enough friends

News

trout

Life

Solving how fish swim so well may help design underwater robots

News

Meet the turtles surviving an invasion of enormous tractors

Life

Meet the turtles surviving an invasion of enormous tractors

News

A filter-feeder

Earth

Weird creatures are spreading polluting plastic through the sea

News

umbilical cord

Life

Banking a baby's cord blood may save their life. Is it worth it?

Insight

I paid £2000 to bank my son’s cord blood, but couldn’t use it

Life

I paid £2000 to bank my son’s cord blood, but couldn’t use it

News

shoal of silver fish against a green and blue background

Life

Fish eat bits of plastic because they think they smell good

News

Goldfish go months without oxygen by making alcohol inside cells

Life

Goldfish go months without oxygen by making alcohol inside cells

News

Fighting to breathe in the face of Canada’s wildfire emergency

Earth

Fighting to breathe in the face of Canada’s wildfire emergency

News

a group of rhesus monkeys

Life

Primate brains react differently to faces of friends and VIPs

Two newly identified brain areas reveal how rhesus macaques recognise the difference between intimately familiar faces and faces that the monkeys know less well

News

Earth

Sea snakes are turning black in response to industrial pollution

News

Health

This is why the first CRISPR baby won't be born in the US

Comment

Life

'Three parent' technique must not be marketed in US, says FDA

News

Humans

The enigma of the face in forming first impressions

Culture