Are octopuses sentient?

Before I realise what’s happening, the lid is off – and James Maclaine is pulling out a fistful of deep-sea anglerfish. I hadn’t been expecting him to plonk his bare hand inside the jar. I peer more c

How will automatons transform our world? We take a look at the latest smart silicon mechanoids, from quirky companions to tireless workers and frontline fighters

Britain is a country mercifully bereft of threatening fauna–or so you might believe. John Lewis-Stempel provides a miscellany of our otherwise benign land’s more fearsome critters

Research has looked into owners’ conflicting views about their horses’ welfare and lives

Robotics demonstrations are always wild: you’ll have seen dancing robot dogs, backflipping humanoids and other nightmare-inducing but impressive feats. But the Robbyant R1 just wanted to cook dinner,

Small, grey or pale brown and trembling in the autumn breeze, liberty cap mushrooms grow in upland pastures across the UK. Drab they may be, but these fungi are among the most controversial – and inte