Measuring shells and skeletons encased in thousands of limestone samples has revealed that the sheer amount of living stuff ...

D scans of ancient lungfish jaws reveal how early fish evolved to eat differently - offering fresh insight into vertebrate evolution.

If large creatures like elephants, giraffes and bison are allowed to thrive, they could alter habitats that allow for the ...

A common herbicide ingredient replacing glyphosate in the United States has been found to cause multiple types of organ damage and kill gut bacteria, according to new research. Despite its documented ...

Our brains can spot real biodiversity using sight and sound alone, according to scientists studying how humans perceive nature.

International Rock Day is observed every year on July 13 to recognise the natural wonders of rocks and stones and their ...

Logan • With environmental, energy and land use considerations at the forefront of recent national and state political ...

When large marine animals like whales die, they sink down to the seabed. Once their flesh has been stripped away by ...

This most fundamental question was famously posited by none other than Nobel laureate physicist Enrico Fermi (1901–1954).

The lush, tropical regions of Central and South America have long dazzled scientists with their plant diversity. These ...

Most shockingly, diquat was dubbed “the worst offender” of the four weed killers. “It is 200 times more chronically toxic than glyphosate, is classified as a highly hazardous pesticide, and is banned ...

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...