The evolution of intelligence, familiar and strange. Oxford University Centre for the Environment South Parks Road. Ensp; filter by tag. 25 to 28 million years old. Boa constrictors, long popularly thought to be stranglers or suffocaters, actually kill prey by squeezing until its heart stops. First four-legged snake fossil found.

Cecil the Lion King joins the other 664 trophy lions killed in Africa each year. Bill Gates is an epitome of foresight, recently refusing to divest from fossil fuels on the premise that instead he will invest in.

Green Growth need not be oxymoronic. Victoria Alices Green World Archive. Ensp; filter by tag. Treeconomics a breath of fresh air to rescue urban areas. Climate Change is already here, and is in the pop press. A new dwarf elephant from Cyprus.

Having recently completed her PhD investigating the impact of climate change on African rainfall, Rachel James is a climatologist at Oxford University, interested in the application of science to help solve real-world problems. How can scientists develop their research to be more useful for climate change adaptation and mitigation? How can we improve understanding of climate science by policy-makers, journalists, and the public? And does it matter? Reposted by Rachel James.