Mountain glaciers are showing some of the strongest responses to climate change

Mountain glaciers move slowly and it has been hard to pin an individual glacier's retreat to…

Scientist pioneers novel ways to study endangered baleen whales

Baleen whales store a wide range of hormonal data that can help chart a female whale’s…

Squid and chips anyone?

Great British fish suppers could become more like those enjoyed in Spain and Portugal, according to…

How skills learnt from sport can help homeless young people

Mental skills training developed in sport can help homeless young people engage with education, training and…

The loneliness of the individual athlete

Athletes in individual sports are more prone to developing depressive symptoms than athletes in team sports.

Reindeer are shrinking: Will Santa need more to pull his sleigh?

Often portrayed as pulling Santa’s sleigh, reindeer are a Christmas staple. Now, ecologists have found that…

Blood pressure medication paves the way for approaches to managing Barrett’s syndrome

New ways of using mechanisms behind certain blood pressure medications may, in the future, spare some…

Remote sensing is becoming increasingly important in biodiversity research

To measure biodiversity, researchers have been using various methods of remote sensing for about 30 years…

The world’s wet regions are getting wetter, the dry regions are getting drier

Wet regions of Earth are getting wetter and dry regions are getting drier, but it is…

Painless microneedle patch could replace needles

It’s only a matter of time before drugs are administered via patches with painless microneedles instead…