5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (241+ words) Dorothea Bate’s contributions to palaeontology and women in science celebrated Dorothea Bate, one of the first women employed by the Natural History Museum, is being honoured with a blue plaque, marking her significant contributions to palaeontology. The plaque will be…...

6+ day, 40+ min ago   (502+ words) Dorothea Bate was one of the first women employed by the Natural History Museum and made major discoveries that transformed our understanding of prehistoric animals A fossil hunter who was one of the first women to be employed by the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (524+ words) For the first time scientists have used freely available satellite radar imagery to track emperor penguins through the polar winter giving a year-round view of their movements. The research team, led by geographers at Durham University, UK, say monitoring the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (705+ words) A record number of Chough pairs have made breeding attempts along Kernow’s coastline this Summer A record 161 young Choughs have fledged from nests around the Kernow coastline this Summer – 32 more than the previous best of 129, set last year. They were…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (326+ words) Discovery of nymphs sparks interest in environmental change A wildlife discovery at Truro School in Cornwall may represent the first recorded instance of European praying mantises breeding on the UK mainland. Ten praying mantis nymphs were spotted by Olly McKeown,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (516+ words) Keepers at Chester Zoo say reptile 'Jodie' is now back to her fiesty self A 15-foot python named after actress Jodie Foster is believed to be the first snake in the world to benefit from a cancer treatment normally used…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (582+ words) Keepers at Chester Zoo say reptile 'Jodie' is now back to her fiesty self A 15-foot python named after actress Jodie Foster is believed to be the first snake in the world to benefit from a cancer treatment normally used…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (140+ words) Leeds-based Asda has relaunched its own-brand Puffin bar, almost 30 years after it was taken to the High Court over the product. In 1997 the makers of the rival Penguin biscuit alleged the treat was too similar and launched a copyright infringement…...