10 Sep 2014:
There are reports today of a lion carcass in a restaurant deep freeze near Chichester. Can this really be true? Mark Tran attempts to find out
6 Sep 2014: GrrlScientist: Tens of thousands of starlings produce spectacular sky shows with their movements at sunset as they gather together every evening during autumn and winter.
5 Sep 2014: Brian Switek: The discovery of a new dinosaur is always a cause for joy. To contemplate these mysterious creatures is to contemplate the mystery of life on Earth
4 Sep 2014: Jules Howard: The panda industrial complex is a weird, perverted Build-A-Bear Workshop driven in part by profit and international chest-beating
3 Sep 2014: GrrlScientist: What was it like to witness a flock of passenger pigeons flying overhead? What did this spectacle look and sound like? Start by imagining a murmuration of starlings multiplied by a thousand times ...
2 Sep 2014: GrrlScientist: written by an artist and authority on extinct species, this book shares rare photographs and other visual materials to provide a general overview to the history of the extinct passenger pigeon.
31 Aug 2014:
This North American species of dance fly engages in courtship deception by presenting would-be mates with empty gifts, writes Quentin Wheeler
29 Aug 2014: Originally published in the Guardian on 29 August 1961: Some animals can doze through life in a zoo. But higher primates cannot stand monotony. It was largely to combat this that hourly performances were organised.
We look back at Apple's tech products, including game-changers such as the iMac and iPhone, curiosities like Lisa – and duds, like the 20th Anniversary Macintosh