A new study has found evidence to suggest the now-submerged landmass of Doggerland in Europe was covered in a temperate mosaic of oak, elm, and hazel more than 16,000 years ...

This remarkable place has a remarkable amount of rainfall. And as a result, the forests around it are hugely biodiverse. Meet ...

It is venomous, can sense electricity and glows under UV light. Now researchers have uncovered something else remarkable ...

The initial dive is a lot like a swimmer’s front crawl. The lizard alternately extends and pushes back with its left and right limbs, penetrating deeper with each stroke. Once submerged, it pins its ...

On a small, remote island, south of New Zealand, one of the world’s rarest parrots – the kākāpō - is watching over her young. She’s not alone. Hidden in her nest, a live webcam broadcasts her activity ...

According to the US Journal Military Medical Research (2016), only 14 documented cases where people have survived out of the millions who have died though there are many anecdotal ...

Today it covers about 972,000 km² – an area 100 times the size of Yellowstone. It is the only national park in Greenland and ...

The bumblebees avoid drowning by combining underwater gas exchange with anaerobic metabolism, according to a new study.

Researchers used 37 years of data to study predation on blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay. They discovered the animals are eating ...

The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, spanning 9.2 million square kilometres (3.6 million square miles) – an ...

Daisy is a journalist and writer with 20 years of experience working on titles including the Telegraph, Time Out London, ...

Less like a Ferrari and more like a junkyard go-kart, the arrangements of organs within our vertebrate bodies are far from well-ordered. This is especially true of our internal wiring, specifically ...