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Fossilised Feathers Show Their True Colours

Over the years there have been hundreds of films and thousands of pictures made of dinosaurs, where scientists have carefully pieced together their shape and lifestyle. One critica...

Eggs-ceptional hatching strategy

Scientists have discovered that baby crocodiles talk to each other from inside their eggs in order to synchronise hatching. ...

Greenland ice gives us the best view of the climate so far

The climate is a complicated system which can take a long time to react to new inputs and we are all dependent on its vagueries so we can't really do experiments on it in order to ...

Marine fish reserves: the plaice to be

Marine-protected areas can help threatened fish to make a rapid comeback and also lead to sustainable fishing and leisure revenues, according to a team of Australian researchers at...

Parasite turns host into bodyguard

Scientists in the Netherlands and Brazil have discovered a parasite that turns its caterpillar host first into an egg incubator and then into a bodyguard! ...

Chickens born pre-loaded with probiotics!

Scientists studying developing chicks have found that, contrary to perceived wisdom, they are not born sterile but are instead pre-infected with good gut bacteria. ...

Metrosexual Swallows

US scientists have shown that a dab of make-up can make all the difference to a bird's lot in the dating stakes. ...

Hot springs eternal, on Mars

A broken wheel could have uncovered the best prospects yet for finding life on Mars, say scientists this week. ...

Female Croakers - Noisy Frogs are not always the Men

Of all the members of the frog world, it has always been thought that the noisiest croakers are the males, who sing out to attract mates....

Bad news for the Colossal squid’s home

While we are still discovering such exciting things about illusive deep-sea creatures, there is also some worrying news this week about the state of the oceans that these creatures...