Stunning Aurora Borealis from Space in Ultra-High Definition (4K)
Almost 2/3 of Earth’s biodiversity is bacteria A huge new ‘tree of life’ illustrates why it’s a small world after all. Russell McLendon In this new ‘tree of life’ diagram, …
Drone Lighting Brings Out the Desert’s Otherworldly Side Reuben Wu excels at making awe-inspiring landscapes even more breathtaking, from the incredible flowing blue lava of Indonesia to the beautiful, frigid …
The green color of the superb startling’s wing feathers is produced by microscopically structured surfaces that interfere with and scatter light. (Feathers: Displays of Brilliant Plumage by Robert Clark, …
Roxanne Khamsi Science Blood in a Mosquito’s Belly Could Reveal How Diseases Spread An Aedes aegypti mosquito, abdomen filled with blood. James Gathany/Photo Researchers/Getty Images Over the last few summers, …
Why some animals have venoms so lethal, they cannot use them We have all heard stories about snakes, jellyfish and scorpions that can kill humans. But why have these animals …
Cassava in south-east Asia under threat from witches’ broom disease Climate change menacing yet another food crop by fuelling explosion in pests and diseases that are attacking cassava plants A …
Some Wild Pineapples in Venezuela by Freddy Leal and Ernesto Medina in Journ Brom Soc 45(4): 152-158. 1995 See Ananas parguazensis
If David Attenborough could be any animal he’d be a sloth And 18 other things we learned from our Q&A with Sir David Attenborough By Kara Segedin To mark the …