杏吧原创

Life

Are panda sex lives being sabotaged by the wrong gut microbes?

Conservationists think tweaking pandas鈥� diets might shift their gut microbiomes in a way that could encourage them to mate

Life

鈥楶eaceful鈥� male bonobos may actually be more aggressive than chimps

Environment

Air pollution can make insects mate with the wrong species

Life

Left-handed monkeys prompt rethink about evolution of right-handedness

Environment

Marine protected areas aren’t helping fish populations recover

Life

Snakes show signs of self-recognition in a smell-based ‘mirror test’

Life

Is every species necessary or can we let some die out?

Life

Horses used in therapy often avoid people if they are given a choice

A female Japanese tit fluttering its wings

Life

Birds make an ‘after you’ gesture to prompt their mate to enter nest

Life

Tiny deer from the dry valleys of Peru recognised as new species

A 38-centimetre-tall deer, found in an arid region in the central Andes, is the first new deer species found in South America for over 60 years

Life

Dogs really do understand that words stand for objects

Life

Ant queens have good reasons for eating their own babies

Life

Male and female spiders pair up to look like a flower

Life

Fluffy beetle discovered in Australia may be the world’s hairiest