A prehistoric sea predator had better vision than most of its modern descendants, scientists have discovered. Fossilised eyes of the giant shrimp-like Anomalocaris have been found by palaeontologists ...

Researchers at the University of Bristol's School of Biological Sciences report that aftert ten years, introduced tortoises served as ''effective seed dispersers'' for regrowing an endangered tree ...

An 18 month investigation has uncovered UK firms dumping thousands of tonnes of illegal e-waste in west Africa. Instead of recycling old computers, PCs, printers, telephones, mobile phones and stereos ...

What makes a suspension unforgettable? It needs three things: the spectacle of the act, the high stakes, and how avoidable it ...

Bumblebees, also known as Bombus terristris, are the pollinating cousins of wasps and hornets. They are the number one pollinator for wild growing plants as well as commercial agriculture; you may ...

Habitat loss is possibly the greatest threat to the natural world. Every living thing needs somewhere to live, find food and reproduce. This is known as its habitat. In order for a species to be ...

In a world of super-fast broadband internet, analogue radio may seem like an old-fashioned way of getting a message across to hundreds of thousands of people. But when you're working in one of the ...

With the recent realisation that mercury can transform itself in the stratosphere, then pollute the atmosphere below, we are finally coming to terms with the enormous extent to which we have (along ...

Plate tectonics has been on the curriculum for a while now. Most people are fairly familiar with the theory; the Earth's crust - or lithosphere - is broken up into different plates which move around ...

A rare and critically-endangered hawksbill, Eretmochelys imbricata, approaches the camera with all four legs, unlike the released individual in Hawaii; Hawksbill ...

The future of sustainability innovations lies in these partnerships. They’re not just odd; they’re effective. Even the ...

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