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The Parrot in the Mirror review: Why humans evolved to be like birds

9 March 2022

From our long lives to our social skills and even language, zoologist Antone Martinho-Truswell argues that we are more like birds than we think

Why #oddlysatisfying videos are so oddly satisfying

3 June 2020

Watching videos of different tasks being completed is oddly satisfying and reminds us of pre-lockdown life, says Annalee Newitz

Don't miss: Europe's biggest art-meets-tech festival on your computer

27 May 2020

New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn't miss

Seagulls aren't menaces – they are fascinating and complex creatures

22 April 2020

Gulls are often misunderstood. Many people think of them as chip-stealing pests, but that's just because they haven't spent the time to get to know them, says Madeleine Goumas

I'm protecting seabirds in one of the world's most overfished areas

8 April 2020

West Africa's waters are a hotspot for illegal fishing, says conservationist Justine Dossa. She is working to change fishing practices and tackle pollution

These searing hot chilli peppers are in danger thanks to snakes

15 March 2018

The donne’ sali chilli is a major feature of the cuisine of the Mariana Islands, but thanks to an invasive snake this pepper faces an uncertain future

We shouldn't hide the gory details of how meat reaches our plate

31 January 2018

Eating animals is a choice we are all entitled to make but we should at least do so with consideration of their lives and deaths

Arsonist falcons suggest birds discovered fire before humans did

5 January 2018

Multiple eyewitness accounts describe Australian birds of prey deliberately setting wildfires by carrying burning sticks, in order to flush out prey

People who illegally kill birds of prey are getting away with it

1 November 2017

There were 81 confirmed cases of protected birds of prey being attacked or killed in Britain in 2016, yet the authorities didn’t take a single person to court