The first kiss
CAPTION: Two chimpanzees kiss and make up. CREDIT: Professor Frans de Waal.
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It’s cheap to cheep
Scientists studying just how much hard work it is for birds to attract a mate, have found that it doesn't take any more effort to sing an elaborate song than a simple 'cheep cheep'.
Conference honours Professor
CAPTION: Professor Priest wearing the red robe gifted to him by Japanese colleagues.
Environmental history centre launched
Academics at the Universities of St Andrews and Stirling will this week officially launch a joint research centre for environmental history, with special reference to the history of waste.
The age of chivalry
CAPTION: Illustration of the King Arthur's famous sword, Excalibur.
Opening of unique research centre
CAPTION: One of the areas of research, the monitoring of wildlife populations.
Why fish are smarter than you think
Date of issue: Monday 1st September, 2003
King cre-old
CAPTION: Elvis Presley, as he could have looked if he was still alive today. CREDIT: University of St Andrews, Perception Lab
Female flies dance of deceit
CAPTION: The 'ornamented' female dance flies leg, which they hold around their abdomens to trick males into believing they are ready for mating. CREDIT: University of St Andrews
100 years of studying the earth
CAPTION: Members of the East Fife Teachers Field Club in 1908, on an outing to Kinkell Ness. They include geologist Thomas Jehu (second from the left) and his colleague Robert Craig (fourth from the left). Copyright: The University of St Andrews Library