Leafy Lovers: male katydids amplify attractiveness
This new research is the first demonstration of how impressive leaf mimicry can also be used to enhance the attractiveness of a sexual signal.
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Scientists show how human presence affects how animals behave
New research reveals lessons learned from human and wildlife movement during the pandemic
Size isn't everything - volcanic eruptions may cause more global disruption than previously thought
Researchers have precisely dated an eruption from Newberry Volcano (Oregon, USA) and discovered that its ash spread more than 5000 km across the globe
Radar polarimetry: Time machine to glacial ice and rising sea levels
Researchers from the University of St Andrews highlights the transformative potential in the use of radar in polar research to predict future sea levels.
Be magnificent – it’s a virtue!
New research on the nature of human happiness and how we can flourish, via the ancient philosopher Aristotle’s account of the virtue of ‘magnificence’.
Children of mothers who work nonstandard hours face greater vulnerability
In the first study of its kind using UK data, researchers found that when mothers work nonstandard schedules, their children’s socioemotional health is often compromised
Scientists cautiously suggest GLP-1s are safe to use around pregnancy
St Andrews researchers carried out the largest ever systematic review of more than 49,000 pregnancies over a period of twenty years.
St Andrews astronomers help make the most extensive map of the Universe ever created
An international team of researchers observed more than 47 million galaxies and quasars and 20 million stars.
Bright pink insect stands out to blend in
Tropical bush cricket changes colour from vivid hot pink to green within a fortnight, which scientists believe may mimic the young leaves of rainforest plants.
New research maps the breadth of St Andrews relationship with colonialism
A unique visualisation identifying, charting and exploring the colonial connections of over 900 students who were at the University in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.