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1. The life of a primatologist

   Meet LJMU primate specialist and lecturer in Animal Behaviour, Dr Alex Piel. He talks about his research on chimpanzees and what they tell us about our own history.

2. Blistering Barnacles! Boat detritus boost for marine conservation

   eDNA from biofouling sponges offers clearer view of marine life

3. Which cooking oil is best? Asking how they’re made could tell you more

   Serge Wich and Eric Meijaard write in The Conversation on ethical, food security and sustainability issues around oil crops.

4. Artificial intelligence project is 'future of UK science'

   LJMU research using drones and machine for wildlife conservation is showcased in major Institute of Physics report

5. Professor's shock at destruction of Earth's habitats

   Leading primatologist Serge Wich has expressed his shock after contributing to research which suggests only 3% of the world's land remains ecologically intact with healthy populations of all its original animals.

6. Flower power turns tables on 'plant blindness'

   PhD researcher Samantha Cooper of the School of Art and Creative Industries, partners Wirral school in raising public awareness of flowers and plants.

7. Study reveals ‘unseen’ food source in Africa

   Biologists from Liverpool, Belgium and Holland use satellites to unfarmed food source in Central Africa.

8. Shellfish ease pain of arthritic lions

   Study found big cats walk up to 30% more after taking mussel supplements.

9. Scientists monitor unique 'European monkey' release

   Biologists at LJMU partner animal welfare agency, Moroccan authorities and IFAW in first release of Barbary Macaque monkeys into wild

10. Microplastics ‘abundant’ in remote polar seas

    There are similar concentrations of microplastic pollution on the seabed in Antarctica as in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, scientists have found.