First-instar orchid mantis nymphs avoid predators by mimicking black-red assassin bugs, whereas those in later instars avoid predators and attract prey by camouflaging themselves as lighter-coloured f...

Emile Donovan speaks to Associate Professor Nic Rawlence, Director of the University of Otago's Palaeogenetics Laboratory.

Marx et al. report the first detailed study of fossilized plesiosaur soft tissues. These show that plesiosaurs possessed both smooth body skin and scaly flippers.

Insects use “crazy turning” to dry off after a cooling dip in water

“My new path wasn’t as straightforward as the academic route,” this educator writes

Szalay et al. discuss cross-kingdom similarities and differences in 3D chromatin folding in relation to gene regulation, including in bacteria, archaea, mammals and plants. This comparison reveals cer...

New Zealand species are among the most vulnerable to extinction in a warming world, according to a global analysis of 30 years of research. The author finds that under a projected 2.7°C rise above pr...