The GuardianBiology Keep your head: the self-decapitating sea slugs that regrow their bodies – hearts and all verified_publisherThe Guardian - Graham ReadfearnIf you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, then it’s unlikely that you are a sacoglossan sea slug (apologies to Rudyard Kipling). Scientists in Japan have discovered that this species...
The GuardianSpiders Daddy longlegs: there is one piece of information every child will know verified_publisherThe Guardian - Helen SullivanThe daddy longlegs spider looks as though it was drawn very quickly on a sheet of paper by the hand of God (the hand of God is the MC Escher drawing of the hands drawing themselves) and then – perhaps...
The GuardianConservation Land could be worth more left to nature than when farmed, study finds verified_publisherThe Guardian - Phoebe WestonThe economic benefits of protecting nature-rich sites such as wetlands and woodlands outweigh the profit that could be made from using the land for resource extraction, according to the largest study to...
The GuardianHabitats One of world's rarest toads bred in captivity for first time in Manchester verified_publisherThe Guardian - Phoebe WestonOne of the world’s rarest toads has been bred in captivity for the first time, thanks to the scientists at Manchester Museum. The critically endangered variable harlequin toad, Atelopus varius, lives in...
The GuardianHiking Avid Black hiker hopes to ‘break down stereotypes’ with 1,200-mile trek verified_publisherThe Guardian - Hallie GoldenTrekking across 1,200-miles of Wisconsin forests and prairies carrying a 65lb pack in temperatures as low as -37F was initially meant as a passion trip for Emily Ford, during her off season as a professional...