Space-travelling worms live longer
Spaceflight may extend the lifespan of worms, found researchers after conducting experiments on ageing.
Saving the microbats
Urbanisation could contribute to the demise of microbats, one of nature’s forgotten superheros.
Parkour athletes reveal orangutan’s climbing tricks
Parkour techniques help us better understand the swaying strategies of certain primates.
El Niño to blame for ancient reef collapse
Ancient reef foretells the possible fate of modern coral reef ecosystems.
Gigantic seabirds once glided over the Australian coast
Huge bony-toothed birds soared in the sky over Australia five million years ago, fossil evidence shows.
Scientists baffled over disappearing stardust
Disappearing stardust challenges theories of how planets form.
Meet RightingBot, the lizard inspired robot
A lizard-inspired robot has been developed; it has the ability to always land right side up.
