Prehistoric terror bird had very deep voice and low-frequency hearing, fossil skeleton reveals
The 90% complete fossilized skeleton of a ‘terror bird’, a prehistoric, carnivorous, flightless, fearsome creature, suggests it had a very deep voice and low-frequency...
Northern Europeans initially rejected farming during the New Stone Age
Northern Europeans initially rejected the practice of farming while the rest of the continent was embracing the transition from foraging during the Neolithic period (New...
Life on Earth may have begun spontaneously from self-organizing DNA-like molecules
Life on Earth may have begun spontaneously four billion years ago from self-organizing fragments of DNA-like molecules, American and Italian researchers suggest. Scientists know...
Frustrated magnets and the Hall Effect
Frustrated magnets are so called because they ought to be magnetic at low temperatures but aren’t. Scientists at Princeton University carried out an experiment...
RSPB praises pheasant shoot farmers, triggering outrage among bird lovers
Scores of RSPB supporters threatened to cancel their membership after hearing that one of the charity’s directors supported “progressive” pheasant shoots because they were...
Bird colours driven by predation and foraging success more than sex, study finds
In the bird world, the males tend to have the brighter feathers. So it is understandable that experts have suggested that evolution has made...
Drone with bird-bat-like wings can recover from mid-air collision
Scientists have created a drone that has the capacity to recover from mid-air collisions, after examining the wings of bats and birds and applying their...
‘Healthy’ beavers re-released on to a Devon river, UK’s only wild beavers
Five healthy beavers have been re-released on to a Devon river, the Devon Wildlife Trust announced, expressing ‘delight and relief’. These are the only...
NSW $100 million election pledge to protect threatened wildlife
The New South Wales Liberal government has made a $100 million election pledge to protect the state's 970 species of animals and plants under...
Pollinating bird and mammal populations declining globally, many facing extinction
The conservation status of pollinating mammal and bird species is deteriorating, with more species today moving in the direction of extinction than away from...