Chemistry World Indian science congress moved after fears of student disturbances Scorpion fine-tunes its venom to ward off predators Rare mineral coating cushions cuckoo eggs during incubation Chemistry exam leaks anger Indian students Indian scientists applaud research budget Mongabay-India Two new species of lizards found hiding in plain sight The 2016 ‘monkey fever’ outbreak was not the first in Maharashtra Fan-throated lizards fanned out when the monsoons took hold Bush frog fathers are sole caregivers, protect young from cannibals Three rattan species in the Western Ghats are endangered BBC Earth How we evolved to drink alcohol These newly-discovered frogs have really weird tadpoles The beautiful brightly-coloured beasts that nobody noticed Secrets of the insect architecture Velvet ants bristle with weapons and are almost invincible The 13 birds with the most amazing eggs The 16 most amazing nests built by birds Horror fly feasts on ant brains Treasure trove of new frogs found Live Science To avoid being eaten, tadpoles aren’t choosy about escape vehicle Female dragonflies play dead to escape stalking males ‘Crypt-keeper wasp’ turns its host into a self-sacrificing zombie Four new wasp species identified in China Egyptian mummy’s face recreated with 3D printing New Scientist Watch a monkey floss its teeth with a bird feather Freeloading mites are squatting on spider webs and stealing food Perfectly preserved fossil salamander even has last meal in gut Fungus creates zombie beetles that crave flowers before death The strange Cook pine trees that always lean towards the equator Ants trapped in nuclear bunker are developing their own society Eating each other’s faeces helps earwig young survive famine Back-stabbing butterflies rob the ants that once protected them DJ frogs sing like birds, remixing tunes on the hop < previous 2 of 7 next >
