23 March 2023
The garden dormouse, a small European rodent species, has joined a growing list of animals known to display photoluminescence – but the reason for the phenomenon is a mystery
29 March 2021
The remains of birds from between AD 1100 and 1450 suggest that people once transported parrots and macaws to trade them at an oasis in Chile’s Atacama desert
6 October 2017
When icebreakers push through the sea ice on which Caspian seals nurse their young, mothers and pups flee and often get separated in the confusion
27 August 2017
A look at skulls from English cemeteries shows that young lower-class males in Medieval London enforced the rule of law with blows to the head
15 August 2017
4000 years ago in Eurasia, young warriors killed large numbers of dogs, ate their flesh, and chopped their skulls into small pieces as part of a bizarre initiation into war bands
14 July 2017
Dwindling sea ice is driving hungry bears on to land and towards human settlements
