17:22 25 September 2009  | 7 comments

The flying reptiles that dominated the skies during the age of the dinosaurs were fuzzballs

16:58 25 September 2009  | 1 comment

A quirky new building at London's Natural History Museum brings 17 million insect specimens under one climate-controlled roof. See some of them here

13:19 25 September 2009  | 110 comments

Toddlers who were smacked regularly developed lower IQs than kids whose mothers didn't hit them

12:42 25 September 2009  | 5 comments

The record for the oldest feathered dinosaur, which has stood since discovery of Archaeopteryx, has fallen to an older fossil unearthed in China

THIS WEEK:  16:52 24 September 2009  | 19 comments

A pioneering project in Ethiopia offers both family planning and new farming techniques – which could help poor communities cope with climate change

14:02 24 September 2009  | 7 comments

By recording which birds are spending time together, and where, the tags can reveal how birds learn songs from their neighbours

IN BRIEF:  12:24 24 September 2009  | 53 comments

Inbreeding within the Indian caste system could have led to a rise in genetic diseases

18:18 23 September 2009  | 13 comments

A study of mutations leading to a modern-day protein suggests there is no reverse gear

14:58 23 September 2009  | 18 comments

Taiwanese students with a gene mutation linked to better memory and IQ – but also anxiety and mental illness – get worse results in high-pressure exams