Scientists ignored ‘gay’ animals for years. When will we get over our human hang-ups about the natural world?
Elle Hunt
Our selective engagement with nature stops humans from seeing animals clearly – and that’s not good for them or for us, says freelance journalist Elle Hunt
June 2024
Notes and queries
If you have a big tongue, do you have more taste buds?
Fifty years on, how Lucy, the mother of humanity, changed our understanding of evolution
Great science, uncomfortable history: Sir Gustav Nossal and the long tail of eugenics
‘Shaking it off’: the science of dad dancing – and why it’s good for you
The week in wildlife
Week in wildlife – in pictures: geese on parade, a radioactive rhino and a lovestruck eagle
Egyptian scribes suffered work-related injuries, study says
Freak event probably killed last woolly mammoths, scientists say
Warnings over lethal and contagious strain of mpox as children in DRC die
The happy microbiome: how to nourish all of yours - from mouth to gut to vagina
Bugs, drugs and electric venom: is this the most deadly library in the world?
Animal homosexual behaviour under-reported by scientists, survey shows
Covid immune response study could explain why some escape infection
Pass notes
The corpse flower: is this the world’s smelliest plant?
Concern over children with long Covid and theories on its cause
The big idea
The big idea: can you inherit memories from your ancestors?
Why I'm obsessed with...
I am so obsessed with seahorses, I had 26 tanks full of them in my home
Prof Arturo Casadevall: ‘It is hubris to think a fungal pandemic can’t happen to us’
The week in wildlife
Week in wildlife – in pictures: a comedy seal, a cricket-loving owl and hairy pigs on Exmoor
Why do women outlive men? Cells that develop into sperm and eggs could give the answer
