Australian Dusky Dottyback fish changes colour to catch prey
The Dusky Dottyback, a fish that lives on the Australian Great Barrier Reef, mimics the colours of other fishes and its surroundings in order...
Public human dissections for first time in 180 years, University of Edinburgh
For the first time in 180 years, members of the public will be able to watch human dissections at anatomy workshops that have been...
9.2 percent of European wild bees facing extinction, 5.2 percent in the near future
Nearly one tenth (9.2%) of all European wild bee species are threatened with extinction, according to an assessment published on Thursday as part of...
Fearsome upright crocodile ruled North America before the dinosaurs arrived
A fearsome nine-foot long crocodilian ancestor was probably one of North America’s top predators about 231 million years ago, before the dinosaurs arrived, paleontologists...
Britons’ DNA much more German than Norman, Roman or Viking
While Britons share about 30% of their DNA with modern Germans, through the Anglo-Saxons who came to the islands around 1500 years ago, there...
Amazon’s carbon absorbing capacity down 50 percent since 1990s
The Amazon rainforest’s capacity to absorb carbon from the atmosphere has declined by about 50% compared to the 1990s, nearly 100 researchers led by the...
Pitcairn to be the world’s largest single marine reserve, UK Budget
UK Chancellor George Osborne announced the go-ahead for the world’s largest single marine reserve at Pitcairn Islands in the South Pacific, covering 322,138 square...
Two coronal holes on Sun’s surface detected by NASA
Two dark patches, known as coronal holes, were detected and photographed by NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) on March 16th. The larger one, near...
Amazing meteor seen by people in Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Scotland
A spectacular meteor whizzed across the skies of Europe on Sunday evening and was seen by people in Scotland, Germany, Switzerland and Austria, according...
Penguins waddle like little fat men in dinner jackets – study aims to find...
We don’t know why penguins waddle like little fat men in dinner parties, but we know everything else about them. Scientists from the University...