A new species of fossil is 444 million years-old with soft insides perfectly preserved. Research 'ultramarathon' saw palaeontologist puzzled by bizarre fossil for 25 years.

Humans are having a highly detrimental impact on biodiversity worldwide. Not only is the number of species declining, but the ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

A new 28-minute film explores the medical, social, political and ethical challenges of parenthood and child-rearing that ...

The researchers also studied fossils of extinct fishes dating back almost 400 million years and saw evidence that some of the oldest jawed fishes had bones with joint cavities for articulated ...

The latest review article from the Interdisciplinary Center for Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) in Portugal opens ...

For most organisms on Earth, rocks are objects, not food. But for one oddball microbe, desert limestone seems to have been on ...

What are Terrapin? Here's what to know about the history of Maryland's nickname ahead of the men's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 ...

Federal lawmakers representing the state of Michigan in Congress have reintroduced legislation that would improve the U.S.

New research sheds light on one of the biggest questions in biology: where did complex life come from? The answer may lie ...

Scientists comment on the first case of Avian Flu (H5N1) confirmed in a sheep in Yorkshire. Dr Colin Butter, Associate Professor in Bioveterinary Science, University of Lincoln, said: ...

Mexican authorities seized 320 baby peacock turtles being smuggled on a passenger bus on the Mexico City-Puebla highway ...