Bone collector caterpillars from the Waianae mountain range in Oahu, Hawaii Daniel Rubinoff et al. 2025 The newly described “bone collector” caterpillar species disguises itself with the body parts of dead insects so that it can live among spiders and poach their prey. This is the only caterpillar known to use such grisly camouflage or…
Fi Lamdin & Emma Petrie BBC News Caters Photographic Luke Melling, right, meets Alastair Hawken three years after a life-saving stem cell donation A man with a rare form of blood cancer has travelled 10,000 miles to meet the stranger who saved his life. Luke Melling, 31, from Melbourne, Australia, says he was “staring death…
Ben Chu, Tom Edgington and Tamara Kovacevic BBC Verify Getty Images A deal to “reset” relations between the UK and the EU following Brexit has been agreed at a summit in London. The agreement covers a range of issues, including defence, fishing, the trade in food products and the ability of young people to move…
After two tight games to start the 2025 Stanley Cup Final — each requiring overtime to determine a winner — Game 3 was a lopsided affair, with the Florida Panthers winning 6-1 over the Edmonton Oilers. Can the Oilers even things up prior to the series heading back to Edmonton for Game 5? Or will…
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is getting an online multiplayer mode called Fox Hunt Fox Hunt is a “completely original online battle mode” Director Yu Sahara said the mode is set in the same world as the main game, but “gameplay is completely different” Konami has announced that Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater…
Climate tech startups are companies that use technology and innovation to address the climate crisis, with a primary focus on either reducing greenhouse gas emissions or helping society adapt to climate change impacts. Their unifying mission is to create scalable solutions that accelerate the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon future. Solutions to the climate crisis…
Ecuador’s Rio Los Cedros is a source of insight for Robert Macfarlane Murray Cooper/Minden Pictures/Alamy Is a River Alive?Robert Macfarlane (Penguin Books (UK) W. W. Norton (US, 20 May)) Early on in this often beautiful, wild and wildly provocative book, Robert Macfarlane recounts telling his son the title of his project. The boy exclaims that…
BBC Tracey Meechan says she feels “forgotten” after 100 weeks on an “urgent” NHS waiting list for surgery Waits of more than two years for NHS specialist appointments and treatment in Scotland have grown in the past year, according to new figures. Public Health Scotland said the waiting list for those referred to an outpatient…
Courtesy of Instagram It’s only week 2 of the WNBA season, and things are starting to settle in. Several teams have picked up their first wins, while a few are still holding on to undefeated records. Rookies are looking more comfortable, not just on the court, but in the tunnels too, where their personal style…
Allan Little Senior correspondent BBC Listen to Allan read this article. Net migration to the UK is down by almost 50%, according to figures released on Thursday by the Office for National Statistics. But politicians have long struggled to assuage public concern over immigration and even with Thursday’s fall, the issue is still likely to…
