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An Immense World review: A powerful look at animals' inner lives

6 July 2022

Pulitzer prize-winning author Ed Yong invites readers on a tour of animals' sensory worlds to better understand their lives in his fascinating new book says Anna Demming

Caption from book: The yellow-legged Asian hornet, Vespa velutina, preys on a wide diversity of insects, including foraging honeybee workers as they arrive back at their hive. Photo taken in Jakarta, Indonesia

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

street roundabout large beautiful Downtown With plenty of driveway , Wongwian Yai , Bangkok , Thailand .

Transformer review: Could Krebs cycle play a part in consciousness?

11 May 2022

Biologist Nick Lane has fun rethinking a key biochemical process called the Krebs cycle in his new book, even arguing for a role in consciousness. But it's not for the faint-hearted

Programme Name: The Green Planet - TX: n/a - Episode: Deserts (No. n/a) - Picture Shows: *NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNTIL 00:01HRS, THURSDAY 16TH DECEMBER, 2021* Coyote tobacco (Nicotiana attenuata), Utah, United States. When a tobacco leaf is attacked by a hornworm caterpillar (Manduca sexta) it produces nicotine. This toxin slows the caterpillars down but it also causes them to release a distinctive scent. The odour is detected by predators, including whiptail lizards, that protect the tobacco by eating the caterpillars. - (C) BBC Studios - Photographer: Paul Williams

The Green Planet review: Plants as you have never seen them before

5 January 2022

David Attenborough's latest BBC blockbuster, The Green Planet, reveals the surprisingly dramatic lives of plants

Why cat people and dog people's personalities match those of their pet

3 July 2019

People's personalities often have more in common with their dog or cat than their friends, and now we know why owners and their animals are such a purr-fect match

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