The import of ivory into the UK from five more species, including walruses, has been banned. Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock June 9, 2023 UK ivory trade ban extended to five more species – here’s why we think it will be ineffective Elliot Doornbos, Nottingham Trent University and Angus Nurse, Nottingham Trent University Any law that protects threatened wildlife should be welcomed – but a ban alone will not prevent illegal activity.
This skull belongs to the carnivorous gorgonopsian therapsid Smilesaurus ferox which lived 255 million years ago. Cradle of Humankind/Flickr/Wikimedia September 21, 2016 You can thank our pre-mammalian ancestors for your sexy teeth Julien Benoit, University of the Witwatersrand Modern sabre-tooth mammals have their canines constantly on display. This allows them to seduce mates. But was sexual selection also an important phenomenon among our pre-mammalian ancestors?
Zodiac icewarp. Rene van der Wal December 1, 2015 The valley at the end of the world – and the magical mysteries we found there Rene van der Wal, University of Aberdeen A team of researchers went to the High Arctic to retrace the steps of a 1960s expedition. They came away with far more than they bargained for.