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   Life & Environment Ancient bison bones hold climate cluesWednesday, 8 February 2012
Ancient bison bones discovered in permafrost at a Canadian goldmine are helping scientists to understand how animals adapt to rapid environmental change.  Endangered primate 'talks' using ultrasoundWednesday, 8 February 2012
A shy, wide-eyed and nocturnal species called the Phillipine tarsier is the first primate to be identified as having the ability to communicate in purely ultrasonic frequencies.  Russia's Antarctic lake drilling questionedTuesday, 7 February 2012
Questions over the scientific benefit and environmental impact of Russia's feat in drilling into a virgin lake under Antarctica's ice sheet have been raised by scientists around the world.  Jurassic insect mating call brought to lifeTuesday, 7 February 2012
The musical mating call of a large 165-million-year-old winged insect called a katydid has been recreated after the discovery of an extraordinary fossil in Mongolia.  Jellyfish are not taking over the oceanMonday, 6 February 2012
Jellyfish will not plague our oceans in the future as was previously thought, say researchers who have found no evidence for global increases in jellyfish blooms.  Temperature rules Australian coral growthFriday, 3 February 2012
Increases in ocean temperature are the likely cause of changes in the rate of Australian coral growth over the last century rather than pollution-related acidification of seawater, recent research suggests.  How to predict a supervolcano eruptionThursday, 2 February 2012
Supervolcanic eruptions, which can devastate entire continents by pouring out poisonous gas and scorching magma for months, may be predictable.  Should we introduce elephants to Australia?Thursday, 2 February 2012
We should introduce elephants and other large mammals to Australia to ease the impact of bushfires and feral animals on the environment, an Australian scientist has suggested.  Rethinking why dinosaurs got so bigWednesday, 1 February 2012
The reason dinosaurs became such gigantic creatures is not related to the force of natural selection favouring larger body sizes, new research has found.  Oldest croc had a shield-like headWednesday, 1 February 2012
The oldest known species of crocodile had an armour-plated head and a body half the length of a subway car, according to new research.  Maternal love predicts larger hippocampusTuesday, 31 January 2012
Maternal care in early childhood strongly predicts the size of the hippocampus, a brain region associated with healthy social and emotional development in humans.  Pneumonia bug evolves to evade vaccineMonday, 30 January 2012
Bugs that cause childhood pneumonia and meningitis have evolved to evade vaccines by swapping bits of their genome with other bacteria, according to a new study.  How jumping spiders make a perfect jumpFriday, 27 January 2012
Jumping spiders have an unusual visual mechanism that allows them to accurately pounce on their prey, a new study has revealed.  Archaeopteryx feather colour and structure revealedWednesday, 25 January 2012
Archaeopteryx, a 150 million-year-old raven-sized dinosaur, had black feathers on its wings that were structurally identical to those of modern birds, researchers have reported.  'Earliest known lizard' actually a modern speciesWednesday, 25 January 2012
What was widely thought to be the oldest known lizard turns out to be a species of modern lizard related to the Australian dragon lizard. 
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