THE CONVERSATION Birds use hidden black and white feathers to make themselves more colourful 3 min 0 By Simon Griffith
THE CONVERSATION Curious kids: Why don’t humans have hair all over their bodies like other mammals? 4 min 0 By Maria Chikina
FATHER OF NATURAL SCIENCE The debt science owes to a brilliant Greek with insatiable curiosity 5 min 2 By Don Pinnock
THE CONVERSATION Mosquitoes are the world’s most dangerous animals, but here’s why they shouldn’t all disappear 4 min 1 By Shüné Oliver
PREDATOR vs PREDATOR An orca attack on white shark in EC waters raises fresh questions about ‘seascape of fear’ 9 min 4 By Ed Stoddard
THE CONVERSATION It sounds like science fiction. But we can now sample water to find the DNA of every species living there 4 min 1 By Maarten De Brauwer and Oliver Berry
THE CONVERSATION Do racehorses even know they’re ‘racing’ each other? It’s unlikely 3 min 4 By Cathrynne Henshall
THE CONVERSATION Cats first finagled their way into human hearts and homes thousands of years ago – here’s how 7 min 0 By Jonathan Losos
THE CONVERSATION Ageing is complicated – a biologist explains why no two people or cells age the same way, and what this means for anti-ageing interventions 4 min 0 By Ellen Quarles
THE CONVERSATION How do drugs know where to go in the body? A pharmaceutical scientist explains why some medications are swallowed and others injected 3 min 0 By Tom Anchordoquy
THE CONVERSATION When human life begins is a question of politics – not biology 4 min 0 By Sahotra Sarkar
NATURAL WORLD The panda’s ‘thumb’ — biological wonders that navigate the odds to ensure survival 4 min 0 By Don Pinnock
THE CONVERSATION Sea otters demonstrate that there is more to muscle than just movement – it can also bring the heat 1 min 0 By Traver Wright, Melinda Sheffield-Moore and Randall Davis
THE CONVERSATION Birds’ feeding habits are affected by their personality and self-control – new research 4 min 0 By John Quinn and Jenny Coomes
THE CONVERSATION Curious Kids: Do flies really throw up on your food when they land on it? 3 min 0 By Ravindra Palavalli-Nettimi and Jamie Theobald
