Sphenodraco scandentis is a relative of lizards that would have climbed among the trees in ancient Jurassic forests.

The slightly warmer temperatures around the middle of the Earth melted the top layers of ice to form meltwater ponds that hovered around 0°C. This stable, warmer temperature could have served as a ...

GIST Impact, a leading provider of impact and risk data and analytics, and the Natural History Museum today announced a new collaboration to integrate the Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) - a ...

This seems to have solved the mystery of how the starfish got its arms. But it doesn’t necessarily answer the ‘why’. Imran ...

A new species of dinosaur, Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, a two-legged herbivore from the famous Morrison Formation in the USA, has been officially recognised by science – and from Thursday 26 June is ...

A small dinosaur that once dashed along North American riverbanks has found a new home in London. The new species, named ...

Garden snails and aphids are venomous animals. This is the startling outcome of a new study that argues for a radical shift ...

Ophiocordyceps are named because they infect the brain of their hosts to then manipulate the ant’s behaviour. Zombie-ant ...

The fossil fungi are from the same family as Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, also known as the zombie-ant fungus, which has gained widespread recognition as the inspiration behind the popular ...

Early pterosaurs loved temperate and humid habitats – and it might explain why their fossils are hard to find today.

Dr William Marsh is a researcher at the Natural History Museum who has been studying the human remains that have been found in Gough’s Cave for his PhD. ‘To contextualise Gough’s Cave better, I ...

Replacing fossil fuel-reliant power stations with renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, is a vital part of stabilising climate change and achieving net zero carbon emissions.. Professor ...