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A fossilised jawbone found by a University of Portsmouth student is from a newly identified species of prehistoric mammal. Undergraduate Benjamin Weston, 22, unearthed the fossil during a field trip t
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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
When I saw the robin, it was perched on a cereal box in the supermarket, cocking its head. As we shared a moment, I could hear my kids bickering in the next aisle. “Why don’t you ever do what Mum says
How the scanning electron microscope takes detailed images of things too tiny for our naked eye to see
Galls, which can range from the delicately beautiful to hideously unattractive bulbous growths, are among Nature’s most intriguing phenomena, discovers Deborah Nicholls-Lee