animals

The origins of multicellular life

Posted in Science on 10th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

The biological world around us is dominated by multicellular plants and animals. All of these intricate forms have evolved from far simpler, single celled ancestors.

PenguinBot Infiltrates Penguin Colony:

Posted in Hardware on 9th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

One of the ways study animals behaviors is to watch them in their natural environment. But even the most passive act of observation can change the way an animal behaves.

Bees, birds may suffer from pesticides

Posted in Featured, Science on 5th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

Research is posing serious questions about whether neonicotinoids, the most common insecticides in the world, are affecting birds and bees more than previously thought.

Mammals Were Meant for the Night Life

Posted in Science on 6th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

Experts have recently revealed fossil evidence that indicates that the earliest of mammal ancestors may have started out as nocturnal creatures.

Biologist warn of early stages of a sixth mass extinction event

Posted in Featured, Science on 26th Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller

Biodiversity may be reaching a tipping point: