Jess Cockerill

[ad_1] A native New Zealand insect that once mimicked its toxic neighbor has changed color in deforested areas, in a striking example of human-induced evolution. The long-tailed stonefly, Zelandoperla, had a clever strategy to avoid predation from birds: it mimicked the appearance of a uniquely toxic stonefly, Austroperla, a forest dweller that deters predators by

[ad_1] If an explosion of gas opens a great cavity in Siberia’s permafrost, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Well, the methane gases it releases certainly send ripples around the world, and now a team from the United Kingdom and Spain has traced its source. Scientists first noticed

[ad_1] Countries where English is the official language have a lot in common due to their shared British colonial history – but a new study has found that life expectancy varies greatly between Anglophonic nations. What’s more, one nation in particular – Australia – appears to stand head and shoulders above the rest in terms