Mussel pain: The crisis engulfing our freshwater molluscs
7 March 2018
Freshwater mussels are among the planet’s most endangered animals. Extreme conservation measures are the last hope for these unsung ecological heroes
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I exposed how online profiling leaves us open to mass persuasion
7 March 2018
David Stillwell revealed how social media lets companies nail your personality as well as a spouse could, leaving you ripe for exploitation – but he sees the upside
A deadly predator could save the UK’s threatened red squirrels
7 March 2018
Britain’s native red squirrels have been retreating for decades in the face of invasive grey squirrels, but predators called pine martens could help save them
Drones reveal huge colonies of 1.5 million penguins on islands
6 March 2018
Two massive colonies of Adélie penguins have been discovered on the Danger Islands off the coast of Antarctica, bringing the global population to 8 million
Fossil shows a parent caring for its young 520 million years ago
5 March 2018
Rare remains show a primitive shrimp-like creature apparently caring for four juveniles – the oldest example of parental care in the fossil record
A weird underground plant has been rediscovered after 151 years
2 March 2018
A species of subterranean plant was only seen once, in 1866, and was assumed to be extinct – until researchers stumbled across living specimens in Borneo
Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped having sex
1 March 2018
A family tree of 13 million people has been built using data from an ancestry website, and it reveals when and why people started avoiding marrying close relations
Shock collars are a bad way to train dogs so let's ban them
1 March 2018
There are growing calls for wider prohibition of dog collars that jolt pets with electricity to train them. About time, says Danny Chambers
Surprise! Having a big brain really does mean having less muscle
28 February 2018
It’s an evolutionary mystery how humans and other primates found the energy to support their large brains, but now it seems sacrificing some muscle might have helped
