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A previously unknown tarantula discovered in the forests of Guyana in South America is absolutely stunning – its legs and body are a shimmering electric disco blue. The find, according to the tarantula’s discoverer Andrew Snyder, is an important one, and not just because it’s such an unusual example of the Theraphosidae family. It highlights

“The oceans cover 70 percent of the surface of our planet, and yet they are still the least explored,” says Sir David Attenborough in the opening sequence of the recent BBC documentary series Blue Planet II. “Hidden beneath the waves, there are creatures beyond our imagination.” Yet while the programme reveals the wonders of many of these species,

Wasps build their homes out of chewed-up vegetable fibre, painstakingly glued together until it resembles a papery stack of recycled carton. You’d think there’s only so much fibre they can chew and stitch together with their tiny mouthparts. Wrong. According to a video recently uploaded by a brave exterminator in Louisiana, wasp-cities can grow to

People tend to adapt, capable of shifting towards one idea in favor of another as more information come in. True to the combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and human wisdom it functions on, Unanimous AI’s artificial swarm intelligence, known as UNU, is capable of this kind of adjustment too. Towards the end of November,

Birds are the modern incarnation of dinosaurs. But some modern birds live in ways that we haven’t observed in the dinosaur kingdom. Ducks, for example, alternate between water and land habitats, able to take advantage of both. Until now, that hadn’t been seen in dinosaurs, but the discovery of a duck-like dinosaur from Mongolia

After 20 years of slow, careful excavation, the world’s most complete skeleton of an ancient human ancestor has just been unveiled. It belongs to the genus Australopithecus, and it’s 3.67 million years old. It is, by far, the most complete hominin skeleton globally older than 1.5 million years, and the oldest hominin skeleton ever found

It may be lacking a head, but a skeleton found on a beach in Siberia is still one of the most complete of its kind. The massive bones unearthed on an isolated Bering island belong to an animal that’s been extinct for nearly 250 years – the giant Steller’s sea cow. And the skeleton’s excellent

Australia’s Taronga Western Plains Zoo has a new resident – a new baby black rhino, born to mum Bakhita and dad Kwanzaa. Born on Halloween, the new calf is yet to be named, but he’s the second black rhino calf the zoo has welcomed this year as part of its concerted black rhino breeding program.

Picture a scientist. Seriously, right now. I’m not going to discuss the nature of the person that you have in your mind (although I am going to guess: White? Male? Crazy hair? That’s not surprising, but another topic entirely). I’m more curious about what they are doing. It’s a relatively safe bet that the

When it struck, the contagion spread fiercely. The deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in South China in 2002 infected thousands, and ultimately killed nearly 800 people. But where did this lethal strain come from? We may now have our answer, with a study showing bats living in a single cave in China possess

According to a new study, it’s possible that all iron-based weapons and tools of the Bronze Age were forged using metal salvaged from meteorites. The finding has given experts a better insight into how these tools were created before humans worked out how to produce iron from its ore. While previous studies had found specific

China is now the proud owner of the world’s first all-electric cargo ship and has already put the vehicle to use. As reported by China Daily, the 2,000-metric-ton ship was launched in the city of Guangzhou last month and runs in the inland section of the Pearl River. Constructed by Guangzhou Shipyard International Company

Throughout history, humans have employed falcons as lethal hunters of other animals. Now those raptors are being sent after drones. It turns out that many of the skills feathered predators use to find a tasty lunch can be applied to the developing field of drone defence. A US Air Force-funded study by zoology researchers

The animal kingdom is home to one remarkable fact after another. To name a few: Sperm whales can hold their breath for an hour, the most venomous animal on Earth is a snail, and tiny freshwater hydras can live so long they may as well be immortal. But for each surprisingly true assertion about

This Sunday is your chance to get up close and personal with the Moon. The year’s only visible supermoon (or perigee-syzygy, if you prefer the technical term) happens on December 3, meaning the Moon, which traces an elliptical orbit around the Earth, will come as close to us as it gets. At that point,