Scientists have long thought intelligence tends to develop through social interactions with an animals’ own species.
Animals can learn from each other, maintaining their cultures for long periods of time. What sets people apart may be the uniquely open-ended ways we invent new ideas and share and build on them.
Thousands of chemicals in industry haven’t been thoroughly tested for their safety and toxicity. Researchers are working to standardize quicker, cheaper and more ethical methods to assess chemicals.
Any notion of a dominant alpha chimp getting all the action is far from reality.
Despite dutiful toad patrols, evidence suggests that the amphibians are declining in the UK.
Evolution walks a tightrope between body size and cancer prevalence
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered genes linked to obesity in both Labradors and humans. They say the effects can be over-ridden with a
If we struggle to work out what the whole animal looked like most of the time, how can we begin to piece together their lives and how they behaved?
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