Our Burning Planet

The debt science owes to a brilliant Greek with insatiable curiosity

By Don Pinnock

Magazine

Early trauma affects an elephant’s ability to assess threat from lions – new research

By Graeme Shannon

Magazine

We’ve discovered why some whales stop feeding in response to the sound of sonar

By Patrick Miller, Charlotte Cure and Saana Isojunno

Magazine

Birds’ feeding habits are affected by their personality and self-control – new research

By John Quinn and Jenny Coomes

Magazine

Dogs and TV: here’s what we know about how they respond

By Jacqueline Boyd

World

Ernst Haeckel: The zoologist whose drawings inspired Art Nouveau

By Don Pinnock

Magazine

How to vanish: A staring zoologist and the art of being invisible

By Don Pinnock

Sci-Tech

A small-brained relative is about to shake up our family tree

By Shaun Smillie

Newsdeck

British doctor 'punches shark' to escape Australia mauling

By AFP

Africa

Elephant Dawn: The high cost of hanging out with elephants

By Don Pinnock

Newsdeck

German scientists seek way to end live chick shredding

By AFP