Recommended reading: Decoding Antiquity: Eight scripts that can't be read by Andrew Robinson and the 75+ comments in New Scientist. My ...

The underside (inner side?) of bark is often more interesting than the outside. While still on the tree but not quite attached, it attracts ...

Their faces are incapable of registering disgust that we can recognise, but this case moth caterpillar has picked up house to move from the ...

A new world order?

Dung beetles often fly into water troughs in the wee hours, and come day, are still treading water. They, like this * fiddler beetle nectar...

"It was sad, was the general opinion, but what can one do!" "Diplomats set to meet with Suu Kyi" "Burma had allowed...

Carrion beetles Ptomaphila perlata hunting maggots on a dead rat These pictures have been posted here as inspiration for Giles Watson and ot...

The weakness of her flesh starts it. Forget passion. This is bones, ligaments, nerves, viscera, screaming in anarchy. Sickness--funny word t...

To many, a piece of fruit is as welcome as a piece of good advice. And it's true that many fruits are as unpalatable and just plain bad ...