‘Pest’ monkeys save palm oil industry millions
MONKEYS save the palm oil industry hundreds of millions each year by killing damaging pests, according to researchers in Liverpool, UK.
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Exercise maintains 'rhythm of life'
Exercising at a regular time of day may help to ward off mental health conditions by protecting the body's natural circadian rhythms, research suggests.
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Improving animal welfare
Happy Hamsters: Examining the effect of emotions on cognitive processes in pets
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Gouldian finches black-headed females taking the lead when faced with possible danger
Endangered species like the Gouldian finch struggle in adapting to ever increasing habitat change, but black-headed females are leading the way in their survival.
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Cancer study is win-win for people and animals
School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences wins PhD studentship from National Council for the Replacement Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research
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Sea pollution explored in new podcast
Academics at Leeds Beckett and Liverpool John Moores Universities are using sound - and the short stories of Merseyside writer, Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957) - to bring to life the magnitude of plastic pollution in our seas.
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How the brain controls our sense of touch
MRC Funded grant to offer most detailed insight yet
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The ‘Green Hell’ of our ancestors
Tropical rainforests were once thought unliveable but scientists, including Liverpool John Moores University’s Professor Chris Hunt, are showing that our human ancestors lived in these conditions, and in fact the forests themselves are long-term documents of human action.
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Piltdown Man research on primetime TV
LJMU’s Dr Isabelle De Groote appeared on the BBC’s primetime hit TV programme, The One Show, during a special feature on the famous Piltdown Man forgeries.
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Scientists shed light on brightest event in Universe
Scientists at the Astrophysics Research Institute are shedding light on one of the brightest events in the history of the Universe.