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Veterinary medicine Aug 17, 2026

Is bird flu infecting humans? How would we know?

Bird flu is circulating among birds on the Australian mainland. So, with the confirmed number of detections growing, you may be wondering about the risk of birds infecting humans.

Ecology Aug 16, 2026

Giant crocodylians dominated the food chain in Miocene South America, fossil evidence suggests

South America was a frightening place during the Miocene. More than 10 million years ago, a vast lake covered much of the continent, home to giant turtles and crocodylians.

Political science Aug 14, 2026

The false and the furious: We aren't just bothered by different beliefs—we're bothered when we think others are wrong

Why do disagreements about vaccines, climate change or elections often feel so personal? Our research suggests it is not simply because other people have different beliefs. It is because we think those beliefs are mistaken.

Environment Aug 14, 2026

Green roofs can help cool cities in the summer heat, but building them is only the first step. Many don't survive

As summer temperatures soar across the United States and Europe, cities are being forced to confront the difficult reality that they're getting dangerously hot.

Plants & Animals Aug 14, 2026

Bringing butterflies back from the brink of extinction

On a summer day in Michigan, a tiny Poweshiek skipperling butterfly—smaller than a quarter—takes flight over a restored prairie.

Paleontology & Fossils Aug 14, 2026

Crocodiles can't fly. Birds can. Scientists have finally figured out why

The closest living relatives of crocodiles and alligators are, perhaps surprisingly, birds. Both are archosauriforms, a group of species that originated about 250 million years ago near the beginning of the Triassic period.

Plants & Animals Aug 13, 2026

Safe havens protect Australian mammals from invasive predators. Why aren't they working for other animal groups?

Feral cats and foxes now roam across almost all of Australia. These predators are a major reason why many species have been driven to extinction.

Plants & Animals Aug 13, 2026

How 'pioneering pairs' of ospreys drive population recovery

A new study by Bournemouth University (BU) has found that faster recovery of osprey populations relies on a small number of ospreys that, unlike most, prefer to nest away from others of the same species. These birds have ...

Ecology Aug 13, 2026

GPS tracking study reveals why invasive barred owls are winning the battle for California's old-growth forests

Newly published research offers some of the clearest evidence yet of why the invasive barred owl has become one of the greatest threats to the northern spotted owl and delivers encouraging evidence that managing barred owl ...

Evolution Aug 13, 2026

A 236-million-year-old fossil challenges the story of mammalian live birth

Some cynodonts may have been giving birth to live young much sooner in evolutionary history than previously assumed. A new Frontiers in Mammal Science study has offered the first compelling evidence that cynodonts may have ...

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