Did you know we’re surrounded by living fossils that date back to the age of the dinosaurs?

Found on the inside of the front legs, the name dew claw is thought to refer to a tendency to brush dew away from the grass. An old superstition holds that a dog who still has dew claws will be immune

We are all told the same story as children: that we grew from a single cell into a human being. We learn that all of our trillions of cells developed from the first union of egg and sperm, and that we

Yossi Yovel The Genius Bat Understanding our most mysterious mammal 336pp. Oneworld. £20. Philosophy begins with wonder, according to Plato and Aristotle. As for philosophy, so, and more so, for biolo

David Farrier Nature’s Genius Evolution’s lessons for a changing planet 288pp. Canongate. £20. In David Farrier’s latest book, he warns us that humanity is endangering every facet of life on Earth thr

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