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According to scientists, these are the colors that repel mosquitoes, and may help keep them away from your home.

Biologist and environmentalist whose research into whale song brought about a new awareness of the animals’ plight

If your eyes have ever been drawn to the arrangement of leaves on a plant stem, the texture of a pineapple or the scales of a pinecone, then you have unknowingly witnessed brilliant examples of mathematical patterns in nature.

It came just a day after a previous sighting in off the coast of Alicante

Numbers of jellyfish have been spotted in the lake, but swimmers should not be alarmed

Two jet skis were seen near the whale in the waters off Greenock, which appeared to cause the animal distress.

In 1967, Roger Payne, who has died at 88, noticed that the mammals’ calls were organised in repeating patterns, spurring the discovery of whale song

St John’s Chapel, Weardale: Unlike migrating drakes, females like this one can’t simply fly off when we approach her brood on the river

A reader of The Conversation recently wrote in to ask:

European birds nest in Norfolk much to the delight of twitchers – but environmentalists warn it’s a clear sign of climate change

The pack of hammerheads was seen stalking the shallow waters around Orange Beach, a popular tourist island off the coast of Alabama, with paddlers being forced to scramble to get on board the nearby boats as the creatures drew closer