Biology
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Paleontologists have been sneered at over their criticism of the Jurassic World trailer, but such a stance is misguided, writes John Conway
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Highly-prized resin from the Boswellia sacra tree was used in elaborate burials in the 3rd and 4th centuries
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Dr Dick Shaw from CABI explains how we are fighting the non-native species causing pandemonium on our shores
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Discovery of 430,000-year-old shell doodle ‘rewrites human history’ and suggests our ancestors had considerable manual dexterity, say researchers
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Emine Saner: How did the University of Texas lose so many brains from its collection? Well, they have got a history of being badly neglected – even Einstein’s
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Bubonic plague? That's old news
Maria EvrenosFieldpost: Bubonic plague has killed 40 people in Madagascar, but ignorance is the deadliest threat, says Christophe Vogt -
Alice Howarth: A Yes to Life seminar provides a flavour of the treatments that could be offered in the UK without fear of liability if the Medical Innovations (Saatchi) bill is passed
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Much head-scratching over whereabouts of specimens from collection that came to University of Texas nearly 30 years ago
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The Google-backed genotyping service can screen for common genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis or sickle cell anaemia
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Radiocarbon dating of fossils suggests the big beasts were driven from Arctic regions of North America by a cooling climate
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Adam Rutherford: The scientist is crying poverty and selling his Nobel prize medal, but why should anyone be interested in his racist, sexist views?
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Mushrooms: they’re more than what you’ll find in your holiday grazing, as we learn in this gorgeous video about Kew Garden’s Fungarium, which houses the oldest and largest collection of fungi in the world.
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GrrlScientist: Today, I share my first impressions of books about how human use of toxic chemicals is affecting evolution, how modern humans came into being after the human-chimp split, and the ethics of everyday life.
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Frogspawn spotted in Cornwall, months before the usual spring spawning time, is earliest sighting in almost a decade
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Paul Simons Dazzling leaf colours brewed in a long autumn
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New finds from Mongolia add new information on dinosaur behaviour
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Andrew Brown: Britain’s chief rabbi outdid himself at the Vatican by discussing fossils rather than showing how diverse families could be supported
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Study reveals seals along the coast of the Netherlands are switching from eating fish to eating mammal
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Leaked papers reveal options include using ‘non-vets’ to look for TB in cattle and getting farmers to check for salmonella
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Other lives: Professor who made significant advances in research on human fertility
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Olav Hellebø and his firm Reneuron have developed a procedure to help patients by injecting stem cells into their brains
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Claudia Astorino: Intersex people exist, and we’re fighting for our basic human rights. Stop treating us as props and oddities
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GrrlScientist: Natural history museums are many things, but they are not peopled exclusively with dry, dusty old white men, rooting around in dry, dusty old drawers, examining dry, dusty old dead things.
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Country Diary Hamsterley Forest, Weardale: Fragile pendant beards festooned the trees
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From the Guardian archive From the archive, 20 November 1970: The diary of a persistent schoolboy zoologist
Originally published in the Guardian on 20 November 1970: ‘25 Oct. Bought a French grass snake for 15s. The snake has not eaten yet. I offered it some flies but refused to eat them’ -
Geckos used to study reproduction in space die in orbit, but thermophilic microbes still able to multiply after landing
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Experts say freezing chickens could reduce poisoning risks after FSA report shows high levels of potentially lethal bug present in poultry sold at British supermarkets
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Tori Herridge: Instead of the romantic idea of bringing an ice age animal back to life, shouldn’t we put our best efforts into saving endangered elephants?
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Documentary’s producer says account of chick’s struggle against rivals and -60C blizzards is ‘one of greatest wildlife stories ever’
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Hormonal contraceptives could affect how women judge facial attractiveness, leaving them less satisfied with their partner
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Identifying the geographic origin of malaria outbreaks could help prevent and speed up the eradication of the disease, write Taane Clark and Cally Roper
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Kalpana Wilson: Population control policies dehumanise women and lead to events such as the deaths of at least 14 women in Chhattisgarh
GrrlScientist Do pufferfishes hold their breath when inflated?