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Protein associated with learning implicated in causing grasshoppers to swarm.

̽»¨Ö±²¥traditional belief that fish have short memory spans may not be as true as we thought. Gates scholar Alex Vail is carrying out research that reveals how fish remember other sea creatures and even people.

Newly hatched chicks of African honeyguide birds bite to death their foster siblings to eliminate competition.

Over the past month, the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge has been profiling research that addresses one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century – how to guarantee enough food, fairly, for the world’s rapidly expanding population. As part of this, we asked whether you had a question that you wanted us to answer, and put them to a panel of academics who specialise in research to do with food security. Here's what they had to say. Thanks to everyone who sent questions in!

Research reveals plumages exhibit less than a third of possible colours birds can see.

New research reveals how biological arms races between cuckoos and host birds can escalate into a competition between the host evolving new, unique egg patterns (or ‘signatures’) and the parasite new forgeries.

New research from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge sheds light on how fleas jump, reaching speeds as fast as 1.9 meters per second.

Clues about how the human gut helps regulate our appetite have come from a most unusual source – fruit fly faeces.

Research across the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ is helping to clean up water in regions around the world.

New research gives insight into one of the few mammals with more than seven neck vertebrae.