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The findings of the remains of a North American dinosaur in Morocco has palaeontologists wondering how it crossed over to North Africa because it existed long after Pangaea – the supercontinent – had split. They conclude that the duckbill dinosaurs must have crossed the ocean. Nicholas R. Longrich, a palaeontologist, explains.
Imagine a creature that looks like a walking pinecone, covered head to tail in tough, overlapping scales like a suit of armour. Its long, sticky tongue flicks out to slurp up ants and termites, its favourite food. Found in Africa and Asia, pangolins are being threatened by poaching and loss of habitat. Olajumoke Morenikeji unpacks why pangolins are the world’s most trafficked wild mammals.
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Nicholas R. Longrich, University of Bath
Oceanic dispersal of dinosaurs between Europe and Africa shows how low-probability, high-impact events drive evolution.
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Olajumoke Morenikeji, University of Ibadan
Pangolins are among the most trafficked and poached mammals in the world.
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Johann Kirsten, Stellenbosch University; Wandile Sihlobo, Stellenbosch University
Almost 25% of all farmland previously owned by white landowners has been restored, redistributed to black South Africans, or moved away to state ownership.
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Victor Osei Kwadwo, United Nations University; Rose Vincent, Utrecht University
Free secondary educational policy in Ghana is worthwhile but struggles to keep up with quality.
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From our international editions
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Alastair Bonnett, Newcastle University
A flurry of island-building during the last two decades has furnished the rich with new properties.
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Sophie Watt, University of Sheffield
Despite the relentless hardships and suffering, one thing appeared to unite the refugees I met: they wanted to seek sanctuary in the UK, no matter what.
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Steve Swerdlow, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The Central Asian nation has long figured among the ‘worst of the worst’ in regards to political and human rights. A new report shines light on cases of activists being seized and then going missing.
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Sajida Gordon, Nottingham Trent University
Growing mountains of textile waste are hard to recycle. There is scope to improve chemical and mechanical recycling methods but consumers and fashion brands play a role in reducing overproduction.
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James M. Clay, University of Victoria; Tim Stockwell, University of Victoria
It’s time to revisit the evidence for the health benefits of moderate drinking, and separate fact from wishful thinking. Can we confidently say, ‘Cheers to good health?’
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