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Trilobites evolution

Evolution and directions to Killarney

Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Researchers argued in Nature that a change in seawater triggered the Cambrian explosion


rhino poaching ivory horns

CSI wildlife at work

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Illegal trade in endangered species is booming, but Australian scientists are among those battling it.


Earthcreeper collected by Charles Darwin

Lessons in Edinburgh

Monday, 5 March 2012

A visit to the National Museum of Scotland highlights the importance of antibiotics and evolutionary theory, and why we need more great science.


henderson petrels

Shock and gnaw to save Henderson wildlife

Friday, 20 January 2012

The elimination of invasive rats on a Pacific Island looks set to offer the island's threatened wildlife a reprieve.


South American mammal from the Late Cretaceous

'Ice Age' sabre-toothed squirrel brought to life

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Fossils usually turn up as fragments of the whole animal. But scientists sometimes get lucky.