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'Tree of life' for 2.3 million species released
Posted in Featured, Science on 23rd Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
A collaborative effort among eleven institutions, the tree depicts the relationships among living things as they diverged from one another over time.
Poll launched to find the UK's favourite insect
Posted in Featured, Science on 3rd Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
The small tortoiseshell butterfly is in the shortlist of 10 insects selected by the Royal Society of Biology.
Earth 'entering new extinction phase' says US study
Posted in Science on 20th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
The report, led by the universities of Stanford, Princeton and Berkeley, said vertebrates were disappearing at a rate 114 times faster than normal.
Conservation parks are growing, so why are species still declining?
Posted in Science on 14th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
Nearly 15% of Earths land surface is protected in parks and reserves. By 2020, we should reach the agreed global target of 17%.
Tiger Sharks Behave like Birds?
Posted in Science on 14th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
Research has shown that these predators boast migration patterns more similar to birds, turtles and some marine mammals than other fishes.