‘The Matrix’ helps cats and dogs
Veterinary science and Matrix know-how has created a cutting-edge model that will put an end to unrestricted breeding of cats and dogs.
Polar bears are much older than we thought
Polar bears have actually been around for five times longer than previous studies suggested.
Baboons can recognise words
Baboons have no linguistic skills, but they can spot printed words. Over a period of 45 days, a team of scientists from the US and France studied a group of baboons living in…
‘Robosquirrel’ helps scientists understand rattlesnakes
When adult squirrels come face-to-face with a rattlesnake, they approach it head-first in an elongated posture, making flagging movements with their tails, but when squirrels want to fend of rattlesnakes, they heat their…
Picky females promote diversity
Women are genetically designed to be picky—particularly with their men.
Frog power
No need for a trip to a remote, exotic location, this elusive amphibian has been living in plain sight—and some of its ‘friends’ might save our lives.
Sexual competition has endowed ducks with enormous organs
Male Argentine lake ducks possess—in relation to their body length—the longest penises of any vertebrate.
