June 2005

• muse@nature.com: Monkey business

  Can primate studies really tell us anything useful about child abuse in human families? Michael Hopkin thinks not, and says we should spare the monkeys the pain.

  30 June 2005

• Bird travels tracked by fluorescent droppings

  Conservationists show use of landscape 'corridors' by bluebirds.

  30 June 2005

• Bacteria lend a helping hand

  Mobile bugs donate a protein to disabled ones.

  30 June 2005

• Oceans in trouble as acid levels rise

  Report calls for more stringent carbon cuts to protect seas.

  30 June 2005

• Bioterror paper gets online

  Analysis of poisoned milk supply makes it past government protests.

  29 June 2005

• War of the fire ants

  Males pit their genes against females by chucking DNA out of eggs.

  29 June 2005

• Big-brained birds less likely to migrate

  Clever species stay put for winter, while others flee.

  29 June 2005

• Desert dunes set to roam

  Climate change will shift sands and destroy desert ecosystems.

  29 June 2005

• Vitamin C best in the cold

  Supplement protects only in chilly climes.

  28 June 2005

• France wins fusion project

  Decision over siting of ITER is made at long last.

  28 June 2005