Genomes of 51 animal species mapped in record time

THE BLACK-CAPPED chickadee is wonderfully onomatopoeic. When the diminutive songbird, which is Canada’s answer to the great tit, spots a great-horned owl perched in a tree, it broadcasts a shrill ‘chi

How a NASA star-mapping tool is being put to a new use – following the largest fish in the sea, whale sharks

The pictures on this page aren’t as simple as they seem. Yes, different colours mark the nerve systems in the bodies of mice. But to achieve this, the team of scientists first had to build a custom mi

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A new book of bird photography celebrates not only the avian world, but the photographers using creative techniques to produce original artworks, from characterful studio portraits to eye-catching abstracts, writes Graeme Green

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