53+ min ago   (160+ words) Today I was promenading beside Tocil Lakes, when I encountered a most fascinating sight! Out on the water was a small gathering of birds, all sporting sharp, pointy, red bills, protruding from which were sets of needle-sharp teeth – enough to…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (282+ words) More than half of British butterfly species have experienced dramatic declines in population over the last 50 years, the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme has found. Having gathered 44 million records since 1976, the survey has found a decline in 33 out of 59 species native…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (340+ words) Stratford-upon-Avon Butterfly Farm is marking Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday with a special celebration event on Friday 8 May, where they will invite local children to take part in the release of 100 Blue Morpho butterflies. The Butterfly Farm will release the tropical…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (418+ words) A small Japanese macaque monkey named Punch (or Panchi-kun), currently residing in Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo, has recently caught the attention of many online. As a small, lonely, and defenceless monkey, Punch is not the most popular with his fellow…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (478+ words) A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are developing tiny aerial drones, inspired by bats’ use of echolocation, for search and rescue purposes. Led by an assistant professor of robotics engineering at WPI, Nitin Sanket, the team aims…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (222+ words) Often when we think of Britain, we envision the rolling green British countryside depicted in paintings and novels. Yet in a study published last month involving 57,000 participants across 61 countries, the UK ranked among the lowest in terms of nature connectedness....

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (475+ words) The University has welcomed a new batch of freshers, only ones who are far smaller, clawed, and happen to be crustaceans. Say hello to the white-clawed crayfish. Campus’ new freshwater friends, who are busy moving into their new home on…...

10+ mon, 1+ day ago   (339+ words) A group of keen student and staff volunteers have undertaken the University of Warwick’s first-ever harvest mouse survey on record. The survey was carried out on 12 October 2025 under the guidance of Tanya Carey from Warwickshire Mammal Group, whom the university…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (628+ words) Richard Zare and his colleagues observed a process they call ‘microlightning’, where tiny electric sparks between bubbles of methane and air in water cause a flash that may be powerful enough to ignite the gas, explaining the mysterious swamp lights....