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02 May 2019
Where did domesticated dogs come from?
16 April 2019
Shark-cams reveal the world through a white shark's eyes for the first time...
01 April 2019
Our food security and biodiversity are under threat from invasive alien species
14 March 2019
How have two and three toed sloths evolved independently of each other?
07 March 2019
What is the noise from whale-watching boats doing to the inner ears of marine mammals?
05 March 2019
How tiny grasshoppers are helping us to understand the origins of species and how evolution works...
28 February 2019
Why do injuries often lead to scars...
25 January 2019
Could microbes hold the key to sustainable agriculture?
22 January 2019
What are the effects of using more antibiotics in animals than humans...
14 January 2019
The white-bellied frog in south-west Western Australia is experiencing population extinctions throughout its small...
24 December 2018
There are multiple clocks in the body: how do they tick to the same rhythm?
06 December 2018
People tend to favour relatives over non-relatives. But is this a product of culture or a part of human nature?
27 November 2018
A trainee clinical geneticist talks to a mother whose child suffered from a genetic disease...
11 November 2018
How drones and AI are helping to track endangered species and threatened marine habitats...
08 November 2018
Smartphone apps and genetic studies are teaming up to fight childhood obesity.
01 November 2018
A significant amount of the single-use plastics that we use ends up in our oceans.
01 November 2018
How do you assist a shark in the birthing process...
27 September 2018
Earthworms and tiny water fleas could help deliver clean water to billions of people
30 August 2018
How mammals survived, thrived, and became dominant across the planet...
18 July 2018
They aren’t what most people think they are, Human eyes...
12 July 2018
Research into the remarkable regenerative powers of worms and the insights they can give into battling diseases could...
10 July 2018
The DNA from 5000 ancient bone fragments from New Zealand reveals the cost to the natural world of human arrival...
15 June 2018
A new way to farm indoors using different wavelengths of light could boost the taste of fruits, salads and herbs, while...
11 June 2018
To feed more than 9 billion people by 2050, farmers will have to produce 70% more food. Here's how genetics can...