What’s the secret of the longevity of crocodile relatives?

A new study reveals a secret to crocodile ancestors' longevity, which could help better protect our planet’s most vulnerable species.

Lisa Potter - U. Utah • futurity
April 17, 2025 ~11 min

Amid a tropical paradise known as ‘Lizard Island,’ researchers are cracking open evolution’s black box – scientist at work

A decade of fieldwork is revealing how one of biology’s fundamental principles works in real time.

James T. Stroud, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Georgia Institute of Technology • conversation
March 25, 2025 ~11 min


Britain has a new snake species – should climate change mean it is allowed to stay?

This species could be the poster child for conservation on a warming planet.

Wolfgang Wüster, Professor of Zoology, Bangor University • conversation
Feb. 7, 2025 ~7 min

Global wildlife trade is an enormous market – the US imports billions of animals from nearly 30,000 species

Understanding the number and origin of animals entering a country is important to control the health and ecological problems imported wildlife can bring.

Andrew Rhyne, Associate Professor of Marine Biology, Roger Williams University • conversation
Jan. 28, 2025 ~8 min

Global wildlife trade is an enormous market – a look at the billions of animals the US imports from nearly 30,000 species

Understanding the number and origin of animals entering a country is important to control the health and ecological problems imported wildlife can bring.

Andrew Rhyne, Associate Professor of Marine Biology, Roger Williams University • conversation
Jan. 28, 2025 ~8 min

The global wildlife trade is an enormous market – the US imports billions of animals from nearly 30,000 species

Understanding the number and origin of animals entering a country is important to control the health and ecological problems imported wildlife can bring.

Andrew Rhyne, Associate Professor of Marine Biology, Roger Williams University • conversation
Jan. 28, 2025 ~8 min

A 149 million-year-old pterosaur is Britain’s largest flying animal – how scientists proved it from a single finger bone

The Jurassic pterosaur’s size was estimated from only its finger bone.

Jason Gilchrist, Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University • conversation
Sept. 12, 2024 ~8 min

We’re using drones to map the temperatures of lizards and this could boost reptile conservation

New research documents how drones were used to track the temperatures of the Bay Islands anole lizard on the Honduran island of Utila.

Emma Higgins, Lecturer in Ecology, University of South Wales • conversation
June 20, 2024 ~6 min


New fossil brings us a step closer to unravelling the mystery of feather evolution

Understanding more about feathers could change the way we think about dinosaurs.

Maria McNamara, Professor, Palaeobiology, University College Cork • conversation
May 21, 2024 ~7 min

How a teenager helped identify a new species of giant marine reptile

Ichthyosaurs were the last giant reptiles to rule our oceans.

Dean Lomax, 1851 Research Fellow, University of Bristol & Honorary Research Fellow, University of Manchester, University of Manchester • conversation
April 18, 2024 ~7 min

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