Amazon forest fires are pumping huge amounts of Carbon Monoxide into the atmosphere

New data from NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument, aboard the Aqua satellite, shows the movement high in the atmosphere of carbon monoxide associated...

Orangutans hold the key to human speech

New research, led by scientists from the University of St Andrews and Indianapolis Zoo, shows that great apes can control their voice in a similar...

Scientists aim to solve ‘male-killing’ evolutionary insect puzzle

Researchers at the University of Liverpool are leading a new international project to investigate the curious phenomenon of ‘male-killing’ microbes in insects. Many insect species...

Could biological clocks in plants set the time for crop spraying?

Plants can tell the time, and this affects their responses to certain herbicides used in agriculture according to new research led by the University...

Twig-mimicking caterpillars sense colour through their skin

It is difficult to distinguish caterpillars of the peppered moth from a twig. The caterpillars not only mimic the form but also the colour...

Meet Hercules -Fossils of metre-tall giant parrot found in New Zealand

Palaeontologists have discovered the world’s largest parrotstanding up to 1m tall with a massive beak able to crack most food sources. The new bird which...

Artificial tongue aims to stop the counterfeit whisky trade

An artificial ‘tongue’ which can taste subtle differences between drams of whisky could help cut down on the trade in counterfeit alcohol, scientists say. In...

A new UK astronomy instrument is set for Mexico

A new instrument to help astronomers understand how stars are born is bound for the Large Millimetre Telescope (LMT) in Mexico. The Collaborative Heterodyne Astronomical...

Using weather radar to monitor insects

Scientists are developing a pioneering technique that allows them to monitor insects in the air using weather radars, as part of a research project...

Stonehenge may have been built using lard

Pig fat could have been used to grease the sledges used to transport the massive stones of Stonehenge into position, new analysis by archaeologists...