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Egg Cetera #5: Nature's paradoxical packaging

In the fifth report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, engineers and zoologists work together to discover the secrets of the eggshell.

'Extreme Sleepover #2' - a night in Ghana's tropical forest

In the second of a series of reports contributed by Cambridge researchers, zoologist Dr Ben Phalan ventures into a tropical forest to understand the impact of encroaching agriculture.

Two for joy

An innovative dance performance with creative input from Professor Nicky Clayton, a expert on bird cognition, goes on tour this week. The Rambert Dance Company's newest production - Seven for a Secret, Never to be Told - is an exploration of childhood inspired by the age-old nursery rhyme about magpies and informed by science.

Mental time-travel in birds

Certain types of birds may track army ant swarms using sophisticated memory and the ability to plan for the future.

Sparing or sharing? Protecting wild species may require growing more food on less land

Separating land for nature and land for crops may be the best way to meet increased food demand with the least impact on wild species.

Birds of a feather display only a fraction of possible colours

Research reveals plumages exhibit less than a third of possible colours birds can see.

Biological arms races in birds

New research reveals how biological arms races between cuckoos and host birds can escalate into a competition between the host evolving new, unique egg patterns (or 'signatures') and the parasite new forgeries.