More than 200 million years ago, life on Earth was experimenting with new forms. The Triassic period gave rise to animals ...

KS3/GCSE Geography. Mediterranean biome. Exploring how plants, animals and people have adapted to live in the Mediterranean ...

The origin of turtles has puzzled scientists. A new study provides more evidence that these shelled reptiles share a common ...

Researchers have wondered whether Praearcturus gigas was a giant crustacean called an isopod or some other creature. A new analysis of museum specimens suggests that it was a scorpion that stretched m ...

It turns out that the chuckles of humans and great apes follow similar rhythms, with regular timing between their laughs, a ...

Octopus, squid, and cuttlefish aid marine food webs and carbon storage, revealing how climate change reshapes oceans and ...

From river giants to land-dwelling beasts, these are the biggest creatures walking, swimming and flying across our planet ...

Blue is one of the most peaceful and beautiful shades. True blue pigments in the animal kingdom are exceptionally rare. Most animals that appear to be this special color actually owe their hue to ...

It might share its name with the largest meat-eating dinosaur that ever lived, but this isn’t the T.rex we all know and ...