All Zoology
Study links inbreeding and pregnancy loss in horses
Added: 7 Apr 2024
Mid and late term pregnancy loss among thoroughbred horses appears to correlate significantly with …
Jellyfish inspire fast forensics fingerprint breakthrough
Added: 3 Mar 2024
A new water soluble, non-toxic fluorescent spray that renders fingerprints visible in 10 seconds is…
Rudolph the blue-eyed reindeer, he can see the lichen glows…
Added: 18 Dec 2023
Rudolph’s red nose may be Christmas fiction but reindeer really do appear to possess another colour…
DEFRA data share essential to pandemic preparation urges expert
Added: 27 Nov 2023
Non-healthcare bodies such as DEFRA need to collaborate more fully with healthcare organisations in…
New map of UK 20th century land use throws light on biodiversity change
Brian Attwood | Added: 30 Oct 2023
The first map has been produced that can detail how nearly all of Britain’s lowland meadows and pas…
Nikon photomicrography competition unveils more small world stunners
Added: 23 Oct 2023
An image of the common by-product of diabetes that causes widespread sight loss affecting up to one…
Funding for vaccine to tackle cause of UK pig herds’ major respiratory threat
Added: 10 Sep 2023
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Biotechnology and Biological Science…
RVNs produce first veterinary nurses’ guide by fellow professionals
Added: 21 May 2023
Enterprising registered veterinary nurses have turned authors to produce the first guide for their …
Culture guffaws: Latin liberties and trends in taxonomy
Added: 8 May 2023
Latin may have been central to scientific taxonomy for centuries but it’s adapted well to modern in…
‘Robocarp’ makes splash with motion breakthrough
Added: 28 Apr 2023
A coil-powered robot fish designed by scientists at the University of Bristol could enhance underwa…
Let’s talk about sex, maybe
Added: 30 Mar 2023
As the Natural History Museum hosts the first European display of Patagotitan, Brian J Ford revisit…
‘Ramp up diagnostic techniques or risk Avian flu spill-over’
Added: 26 Mar 2023
The co-founder of healthtech company Pictura Bio says the UK’s diagnostic testing capacity is not s…
The Amazon is vital to the global ecosystem but it is nobody’s ‘lung’
Added: 17 Dec 2022
The rainforest makes a crucial contribution, says Brian J Ford but it does not produce the oxygen w…
Nikon Small World hands awards first place to photogenic gecko image
Added: 16 Oct 2022
The three millimetre hand of a lizard embryo captured on camera in incredible detail has won first …
In silico study sheds light on elephants’ cancer resistance
Added: 17 Jul 2022
Elephants’ ability to combat cancer could help develop treatments in humans and also bolster conser…
New map of Southern Ocean floor will boost understanding of climate processes
Added: 10 Jun 2022
International researchers have completed what has been hailed as the most detailed seafloor map of …
Which three extinct animals would you invite to dinner?
Added: 24 May 2022
Considering de-extinction, iterative evolution, re-evolution and the Elvis taxon, Russ Swan muses o…
Saving the vaquita porpoise from extinction
Added: 5 May 2022
Only ten vaquita porpoises survive, but the species may not be doomed, scientists say. If they can …
Scientists announce comprehensive regional diagnostic of microbial ocean life using DNA testing
Added: 4 May 2022
Scientists announce comprehensive regional diagnostic of microbial ocean life using DNA testing. La…
It’s all just a matter of perception
Added: 4 Apr 2022
In anticipation of the announcement of this year’s competition winners, we asked previous winners a…
