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Birds identify 'rogue' eggs by their colour

The cuckoo is notorious for fooling other birds into hatching its eggs, but there are birds that have the ability to catch them out.

Hackers Target Self-Checkout Systems in U.K.

Self-checkout systems in UK supermarkets are being targeted by hi-tech criminals with stolen credit card details. A BBC investigation has unearthed a plan hatching online to loot US bank accounts via the checkout systems.

Unheard of Life History for a Vertebrate

There is a newly discovered life history among the 28,300 species of known tetrapods. A chameleon from arid southwestern Madagascar spends up to three-quarters of its life in an egg. Even more unusual, life after hatching is a mere 4 to 5 months. No other known four-legged animal has such a rapid growth rate and such a short life span. The new research is reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Full story

Lizard Lives Most Of Its Life In Egg

There is a newly discovered life history among the 28,300 species of known tetrapods, or four-legged animals with backbones. A chameleon from arid southwestern Madagascar spends up to three-quarters of its life in an egg. Even more unusual, life after hatching is a mere 4 to 5 months. No other known four-legged animal has such a rapid growth rate and such a short life span. The new research is reported in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Unheard of life history for a vertebrate

There is a newly discovered life history among the 28,300 species of known tetrapods, or four-legged animals with backbones. A chameleon from arid southwestern Madagascar spends up to three-quarters of its life in an egg. Even more unusual, life after hatching is a mere 4 to 5 months. No other known four-legged animal has such a rapid growth rate and such a short life span. The new research is reported in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Fish Getting Lost As Oceans Acidify

Increasing ocean acidity as a result of carbon emissions may be making it hard for fish to form symmetrical otoliths (ear bones), creating a further threat to the health of coral reef ecosystems as fish with asymmetrical ear bones struggle to find their way to the safety of coral reefs. Dr Monica Gagliano of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) was part of a team investigating damselfish otoliths. At hatching they found that 59% had asymmetrical otoliths.

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