Stuart Blackman

Recent articles by Stuart Blackman

Thistle-down velvet ant. © Joseph S. Wilson

Remarkable similarity between fluffy ant and fruit is not due to mimicry

Pelophylax nigromaculatus frog. © Shinji Sugiura

Aquatic beetle survives being swallowed alive by frogs

Sinistral Jeremyl on top of a dextral snail. © Angus Davison/University of Nottingham

How Jeremy the ‘shellebrity’ snail found fame and advanced scientific understanding

Garden cross spider. © Klaus Vartzbed/Getty

Spider research shows that invertebrate decline is a tangled web

Aye-aye on a palm frond, Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar. © Thorsten Negro/Getty

Why do aye-ayes have such weird hands?

Red-billed oxpecker on black rhinoceros in Kenya. © Martin Harvey/Getty

Oxpeckers provide an anti-poaching warning system for black rhinos

A ring-tailed lemur troop at Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar. © Anup Shah/Getty

Pheromone identified in ‘stink flirting’ lemurs

ockchafer (melolontha melolontha) ©Getty

Insects & Invertebrates

Cockchafer guide: how to identify and where to see

Dr Nathalie Pettorelli. © ZSL

Meet The Scientist

How social media is helping monitor new species to Britain

Bald eagle in Alaska. © Keren Su/Getty

New virus implicated in bald eagle disease

Humpback whale mother and calf. © Emma Holman/Getty

Comeback for humpback whales

First recorded in the UK in 1879, false widow spiders have had a recent surge of media attention. © Alex Hyde/naturepl.com

Insects & Invertebrates

Truth or fiction: false widow spiders are a danger to children

Rebecca Ingham_credit Hookpod Ltd

Meet The Scientist

Saving albatrosses from longline fishing hooks

Harlequin ladybirds emerging on a sunny spring day in the UK. © Ian Redding/Getty

Insects & Invertebrates

Truth or fiction: we should be scared of harlequin ladybirds

Adult swallow at the nest with chicks. © Kaphoto/Getty

Barn swallows evolved alongside buildings