Colour-changing robot inspired by octopus
The cephalopod’s impressive camouflage led scientists to create a rubbery new robot.
Top predators in crisis
In many places, the numbers of large predators have fallen by more than 90 per cent over the course of a few decades. Scientists are working feverishly to learn how this dearth of…
Mutant butterflies linked to Fukushima disaster
Forget your childhood radioactive superheroes, these insects have a lot more to worry about.
Eye of the spider…or not
A German scientist has discovered the world’s first eyeless huntsman spider.
Choosy females attracted to sleep deprived male sandpipers
Is beauty sleep overrated? For some bird species it is.
