3+ week, 3+ day ago   (187+ words) New Scientist The image was taken from a small boat, using a drone "Its unusual perspective and scale provoke curiosity and wonder, turning the frame into a visual and conceptual study of nature," said the competition's jury in an announcement…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (366+ words) A male jaguar has made an unprecedented trek, skirting 2100 kilometres of the southern edge of the Amazon rainforest. The journey – which crossed highways, farms, ranches and other human-modified landscapes – expands our knowledge of what these big cats are capable of....

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (325+ words) Negatives saved from Shackleton’s Antarctic trip reveal hidden details New Scientist To Hurley's dismay, Ernest Shackleton, the expedition leader, informed him he would have to abandon most of the negatives because they would weigh down their escape lifeboats Hurley went…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (129+ words) James Woodford is a reporter at New Scientist based in Sydney, Australia. He is the author of seven books focusing on popular science, nature and sustainability. His most recent books were about the marine environment, including joining teams of scientists…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (594+ words) Female orangutans are generally solitary, but they travel more and eat less in an apparent effort to ensure their offspring have someone to play with Female orangutans usually raise a single infant at a timeANDREY GUDKOV/Alamy Orangutan mothers seem…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (212+ words) The vibrant colours and delicate details of New Zealand's fungi and slime moulds are documented in these images, taken from Jay Lichter's new book The Secret Life of Fungi A ruby bonnet fungus The ruby bonnet fungus (Cruentomycena viscidocruenta), pictured…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (431+ words) Feedback is delighted to explore research digging into the relationship between a reptile's body mass and the length of its Wikipedia entry – but would like to throw Godzilla into the mix Feedback is New Scientist’s popular sideways look at the…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (682+ words) Palaeontologist Steve Brusatte's The Story of Birds offers an excellent and sometimes startling account of bird evolution, finds Michael Marshall The Story of Birds Steve Brusatte, Picador (UK); Mariner Books (US) Steve Brusatte is three for three. His debut book…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (598+ words) In Ladakh, Himalayan wolves are increasingly breeding with feral dogs, giving rise to a new animal known as khipshang that could injure humans and outcompete other carnivores The hybrid known as khipshang is bigger than a wolf but smaller than…...