22 July 2022
The "corvid palace", a renowned UK centre for research on intelligence in crows and their kin that was due to be shut down this month, has been saved by a campaign kick-started by a New Scientist article
13 May 2022
A seminal research lab that has revolutionised our understanding of the minds of rooks and jays is set to be closed down as funding dries up
15 December 2021
We have been making cheese for millennia, but researchers are only now getting to grips with how bacteria, fungi and viruses combine to create its characteristic flavours and textures
26 March 2020
The fossilised remains of the food found in one of the few remaining coastal Neanderthal sites in Europe show they ate plenty of seafood, fish and nuts
18 December 2019
Powerful family clans. Mysterious sex lives. Constant warfare. There is more to these fascinating fungi than their distinctive flavour
18 December 2019
So what if Rudolph can’t really fly? He and the herd have some truly amazing evolutionary adaptations that could inspire new treatments for human diseases
10 April 2019
By magnifying wood by 400 times, these images reveal plant warfare between trees and mistletoe, and intricate tangles of cells
10 July 2018
Two whales species absent from the Mediterranean today were common there 2,000 years ago - did Roman whalers kick-start their demise?
5 July 2018
Spiders can detect atmospheric electricity and use it to fly - and maybe drones of the future could fly the same way too
30 May 2018
From helping us conquer the world to curing cancer, here are nine reasons why the placenta deserves our appreciation
