Insects hold atomic clues about the type of habitats in which they live. Members of the Departments of Plant Sciences and Zoology discover an 'atmospheric imprint' in insects, revealing where they are most likely to survive should climate change alter their ecosystem.

Auditory mate or prey localisation is central to the lifestyle of many animals and requires precise directional hearing. In insects where the body is small compared to the sound wavelength the directional performance of auditory systems is limited due to the lack of diffraction and minute interaural time differences. Some...

Wild red deer on the Isle of Rum, which were featured in the BBC TV series Autumnwatch, are rutting earlier in the year, a study shows.

Clues about how the human gut helps regulate our appetite have come from a most unusual source – fruit fly faeces.