A new study challenges long-held assumptions about survival following a global catastrophe. If you're an animal trying to survive a mass extinction, your best bet might be to carve out a truly unique ...

Albanian women have long been famed for their stylish and colourful traditional attire that some still wore until relatively ...

Biologists have confirmed the existence of a 200-million-year-old species of egg-laying mammal that has been assumed to be extinct.

Collagen from a fossilized bone fragment can identify the animal it came from. And, some new info about our galaxy’s eventual extinction.

The Ocean is in deep crisis. Factors such as acidification, declining fish stocks, rising temperatures and widespread pollution are contributing to a catastrophic decline in biodiversity: over half of ...

Earth might owe its very existence to a planet over 300 times its size, Jupiter, the gas giant that silently guards us from catastrophic destruction. But how exactly does this massive planet protect ...

Mass extinctions clearly upend the status quo. Now, our ocean floors are dominated by clams burrowed into sand and mud, the quahogs, cockles and their relatives – a scene far different from that of ...

A new paper published on Monday described the criticism of Project Cheetah, which seeks to reintroduce the big cat to India more than 70 years after its extinction in the country, as “ideologically ...

Could the government's radical plan to change the way the UK distributes electricity really bring down bills - or just lead ...

A mysterious spider fossil uncovered in Australia is turning heads with its unexpected size and age. Hidden beneath layers of ...

Projects, by both Colossal and other groups, are underway around the world to help endangered species develop disease resistance or evolve to tolerate a warmer world. Other projects use gene editing ...

Dippy – a complete cast of a diplodocus skeleton – is Britain’s most famous dinosaur. It has resided at the Natural History ...