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What’s it like to be a rabbit?

12 December 2019

Julia Wrathall reveals the fascinating science of an unsung creature. You’ll never see Flopsy bunny in the same light again

City crows may have high cholesterol because they eat fast food

26 August 2019

Crows living in urban areas have higher cholesterol than those in rural areas, which may be partly due to fast food they scavenge in cities

Working hypothesis: From space deliveries to dirty money

8 May 2019

Sorting the week’s supernovae from the absolute zeros

It's time to label all meat as stunned or unstunned at slaughter

1 February 2018

One solution to concern over how animals are killed for our plates is labelling that makes this welfare distinction plain on all meat, says Danny Chambers

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

A more humane way of slaughtering chickens might get EU approval

30 January 2018

A new system that apparently kills chickens without distress by lowering the air pressure could soon be approved in Europe, offering a humane death for billions of birds

Living on the veg: 10 things you thought were vegan but aren't

24 January 2018

Going vegan or cooking for friends who are? From booze to pets and cucumbers, making choices that are truly vegan-friendly can be a minefield

Lazy ants lay eggs for their industrious sisters to eat

4 August 2017

In 2015, biologists noticed that some ants laze about while their peers are busy – a fresh look suggests the lazy ants might produce eggs for the others to eat