Nature News

Reindeer shut down their body clocks

Scientists have confirmed that animals that live where the sun don't shine have evolved not to use their body clocks.

...

East Siberian Methane Timebomb

Scientists have discovered that millions of tonnes of sequestered methane locked up beneath the shallow ocean shoreline of Siberia are becoming unstable and escaping into the air, threatening to accelerate climate change.

...

Researchers wind back Earth's Magnetic Clock

Scientists have found evidence for a magnetic field around the Earth at least 250 million years earlier than previously thought

...

What do mosquitoes smell?

Scientists have discovered the specific odour receptors used by the malaria-spreading mosquito species Anopheles gambiae to hunt down humans. A pap...

The markings of a dinosaur mapped out

By comparing tiny pigment particles between modern-day birds and fossils, researchers have rediscovered the colours of a dinosaur that existed 150 million years ago. And they weren...

Mysteries of Madagascar's wildlife solved

Over 80% of the plants and over 90% of animals that live in Madagascar are found nowhere else on the planet. The big Malagasy mystery is how did all t...

Copper-powered carbon sequestration

We’ve heard about carbon sequestration, deep beneath the Earth, but now here’s another way of dealing with the CO2 problem - with copper. Part o...

Why koalas took to eucalyptus

Koalas, those dozy, lovable emblems of Australia, look like teddy bears but being marsupials are only very distantly related to real bears. A new study sheds light on the little-kn...

Deep Water Submarine Volcanoes: First Eruption Footage

For the first time, scientists have caught on camera an erupting underwater volcano. The spectacular footage shows enormous glowing bubbles of lava, 1m ac...

New way to lock up carbon dioxide

Scientists may have found a much more cost-effective way to extract the CO2 from exhaust gases. ...