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Elevation differences help plants cope with salinity

WWF report: half of monitored animal populations stable or growing

Optogenetics wins the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Who eats whom? Citizen science maps the web of life

GE (breathe in) KO! Tokay gecko takes micro-breaths mid-call

Bottlenose dolphin steals prey by making fish vomit

Flatworm rebuilds its brain using a genetic postcode

Fossil teeth reveal that T. rex was warm-blooded

Tumours deploy antioxidants to disarm T cells

Female migratory bird travels hundreds of kilometres while males incubate the eggs

Narwhals recruited to measure Greenland’s ocean temperatures

Recovering grasslands remain altered for centuries

Fatty acids help cats read each other’s urine calling cards

A mouse’s ovary ‘knows’ how many eggs it has left

Caught in the act! Hermit crab revealed as seed disperser of parasitic plant

Tiny mammals blocked the path to miniature dinosaurs

Capuchin monkeys prefer second-hand tools

Darwin was right: Saxifraga plants are carnivorous

Mirror-image flowers shaped by gravity and genes

Scientists reveal how camel spiders mate using a ‘jaw whip

Sleeping sperm whales stay submerged by blowing bubbles

Birdsong is built from just eight universal elements

New monkey species discovered in Congo rainforest

Conifer passes organelle DNA through pollen

Mosquitoes more likely to be insecticide-resistant in wealthier neighbourhoods

Fin whale baleen should clog up – but somehow it doesn’t

The world’s highest-living mammal also proves resistant to a toxic diet

Robot bird demonstrates optimal flying and swimming performance

Learning to perform CPR on your own with a game

Raptorial limbs in insects evolved independently, not convergently

Hannibal’s most efficient Alpine route ran via the Col de la Traversette

Fruit fly’s giant sperm cells avoid getting in a tangle

Plague was already deadly among hunter-gatherers

Glaciers are home to a community of specialists facing an uncertain future

Ocean rift conceals vast whale graveyard

Sleep functions partially induced in awake mice

Caterpillars read footsteps through a leaf

New worker bee group responsible for the royal ‘peanut cell

Million-year-old fossil trails shed light on the evolution of vision

Ancient mites migrated in silk-linked processions

Human presence reshapes how animals move through the landscape

Dominant fish consume more plastic

Territorial rivalry drives the evolution of complex birdsong

Larval pheromone drives worker bees to eat more pollen

Gene identified for asexual reproduction in plants

Immune activation does not depend on immune cells

Junk food drives Gibraltar’s macaques to eat dirt

Cocaine residues make salmon more active in the wild

Hundreds of human proteins found to govern HIV infection

Mosquito discovery in Iceland highlights need for better monitoring

New CRISPR variant cuts tumour DNA by reading methylation patterns

Cactus fungi help cocoa plants withstand drought

Wildlife trade heightens disease spillover risk

Seeing and imagining activate the same neurons

World’s oldest octopus fossil turns out not to be an octopus

World’s oldest known ape lived in Egypt

Sperm whales join forces to help a newborn breathe

Snow flea produces antifreeze and heat to beat the cold

Honeybees dance sloppily when no one is watching

Crickets have morning and evening types too

AlphaFold makes millions of 3D protein structures publicly available

Molecular mechanism behind highly pathogenic bird flu uncovered

Computer simulation captures a complete cell cycle

How water striders conquered the surface of the water

Two Lazarus marsupials resurface alive

Bird genes tuned for a life on sugar

Wild chimpanzees are quietly getting drunk on fermenting fruit

Caterpillars fool ants with a rhythmic disguise

A single monitoring system for Europe’s biodiversity

Spinosaurs evolved into specialist shallow-water fish hunters

Bumblebees cool themselves with their own downdraught

Strict fishing ban triggers ecological comeback for the Yangtze River

Climate change could halve grazing lands worldwide

AlphaGenome: new AI model predicts the function of regulatory DNA

Glyco-RNA on the cell surface suppresses blood vessel growth

Retroviral activator of early human embryonic development identified

Climate warming throws terrestrial ecosystems into turmoil

Biodiversity loss makes mosquitoes hungrier for human blood

Isolation drives Japanese dandelion to keep its seeds close to home

Microbes in tree bark drive gas exchange

Jellyfish and sea anemones lend support to the sleep hypothesis