Environment
A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one
Legalising the trade in rhino horn from South Africa could match black market supply and maybe even double it, with the aim of driving poachers out of business
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Environment
Kitchen counter bio-lab lets you make edible gloop from cells
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Environment
Female birds that used to be silent are now singing like males
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Environment
Mussel-inspired plastic could make self-repairing body armour
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Environment
Oysters can ‘hear’ the ocean even though they don’t have ears
News
Humans
What the controversial ‘human’ teeth fossils really tell us
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Environment
Geese-like birds seem to have survived the dinosaur extinction
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Environment
Songbird gets angry when its rivals are brilliant at singing
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Environment
Dogs really can smell your fear, and then they get scared too
News
Environment
Museum safari: The myriad unknown species lost in dusty drawers
Millions of animals unknown to science languish in the world's natural history collections. Just open a forgotten cupboard and you could find a new species
Features
Life
The bourgeois biologist who sparked Russia’s genetics revolution
Features
Health
Too much information? The data-driven future of health
Culture
Humans
Is evolution about chance or fate? Well, it depends
Culture
Environment
Natural history books that look inside the minds of animals
Culture