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1. Discovery of a new great ape: The Tapanuli orangutan

   An international team of researchers have just described a new ape species, the Tapanuli orangutan, find out more about this exciting discovery here.

2. Journalism students help to create poignant police memorial

   LJMU students have been praised for their work on a unique collaboration with the UK Police National Memorial.

3. New hope for Borneo's orang-utans: conservation research

   LJMU professor researches orang-utan habitat.

4. The Conversation: How nature can alter our sense of time

   Research on the passage of time by Professor Ruth Ogden and PhD candidate Jessica Thompson

5. Our ancient relative who “walked like a human, but climbed like an ape”

   New fossils are the missing link that settles a decades old debate proving early hominins used their upper limbs to climb like apes, and their lower limbs to walk like humans

6. Climate change ‘opened and closed’ migratory door through Arabia for 400,000 years

   One of the driest places on Earth has intermittently been a 'green corridor' for human migration due to historical periods of increased rainfall, according to new research.

7. Record-breaking supernova discovered

   Astronomers scanning the sky to make new discoveries in the universe have witnessed a record-breaking cosmic explosion about 200 times more powerful than a typical supernova - and more than twice as luminous as the previous record-holding supernova.

8. Passion for Liverpool drives graduate Peter’s career

   Screen School graduate set up media business The Liverpudlian while at university

9. Janet celebrates 50 years in pharmacy

   Veteran among tens of thousands trained since 1849

10. Natural Capital Hub - What is it?

    Experts explain how to better manage regional resources