How Birds Evolve review: In-depth and passionate
7 December 2022
Douglas Futuyma's new book on the rise of birds isn't easy going, but it shows why they were vital to evolutionary theory - and birders will love it
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When Animals Dream review: Making the case for 'animalhood'
17 August 2022
In his new book, David Peña-Guzmán argues that animals that can dream have a sense of self, and therefore a far more complex kind of "animalhood" than we thought possible
Endless Forms review: Let's hear it for wasps, says a lively new book
25 May 2022
An exuberant and authoritative book puts wasps in their rightful place – at the centre of research, says Simon Ings
Secret Worlds review: Immerse yourself in amazing animal senses
21 July 2021
From spiders that rebuild their eyes daily to bats that use infrared to detect veins, Secret Worlds, a new book by Martin Stevens, reveals senses that are staggeringly different from our own
The Next 500 Years review: Engineering humanity for life after Earth
12 May 2021
Chris Mason's book, The Next 500 Years, argues that it is our duty to give all life a future by bioengineering genomes to survive on other worlds
The 21 best science documentaries you should watch right now
25 February 2021
My Octopus Teacher, Feels Good Man, Spaceship Earth, and Icarus are all great science documentaries available to stream at the moment
There's a bird that tricks other animals into dropping their lunch
17 June 2020
The Bird Way by Jennifer Ackerman explores how small monitoring devices are helping researchers get closer to birds than ever before to uncover hidden aspects of their lives
Do other species experience a period of adolescence like us?
18 March 2020
Book Wildhood explores the idea that penguins, hyenas, whales and wolves all experience a similar period of adolescence and what this could mean for all animals
Little Joe review: We should worry about these mind-bending plants
11 March 2020
The plot of sci-fi movie Little Joe may sound like it plays to powerful 1990s anti-GM fears but bigger issues like human freedom may really be at stake
Man raised alongside chimps says it should never happen again
20 January 2020
Nick Lehane's performance piece, Chimpanzee, in London for the first time, reveals how tragedy stalked the amazing achievement of raising chimps in human families
