Emperor penguins added to endangered list after rapid decline
Emperor penguins could go extinct by 2100Stefan Christmann/naturepl.com Two of Antarctica’s most…
Male octopuses have a favourite arm that they mostly use for sex
A male webfoot octopus (Amphioctopus fangsiao) with its hectocotylus curled up (upper…
The Turin Shroud bears DNA from many people, plants and animals
The Turin Shroud bears an image of a man said to resemble…
Ants capture carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into armour
Electron microscope image showing an ant with dolomite in its exoskeletonHongjie Li…
World’s oldest cold virus found in 18th-century woman’s lungs
Historic anatomical preparations from the late 1700s in the Hunterian Anatomy MuseumAnatomy…
Newborn marsupials seen crawling to mother’s pouch for the first time
Minuscule marsupial newborns that weigh less than a grain of rice have…
Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate
Giant icebergs have been breaking off the edge of Pine Island ice…
Yawning has an unexpected influence on the fluid inside your brain
There’s more going on when we yawn than we had realisedVIVEK PRAKASH/AFP…
Volcanoes had lower greenhouse gas emissions in Earth’s past
Arc volcanoes like Sakurajima in Japan release carbon dioxide from Earth’s interiorThe…
Tree bark microbiome has important overlooked role in climate
Melaleuca wetland forests in New South Wales, Australia, are hotspots for tree…
