For the first time ever, scientists have successfully extracted RNA from a woolly mammoth, with analysis supporting ...

The violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) is a rare and exotic-looking bee that can grow up to 3cm. It has a striking ...

A team of palaeontologists from the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, have discovered and described a brand-new ...

For the first time, scientists have quantified how many deep-sea squid short-finned pilot whales in Hawaiʻi need to eat to ...

By searching through museum specimens, scientists found two new, and rather peculiar, spiders species from St Helena: one ...

They say that nice guys finish last, a sentiment with which this motely crew of mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, amphibians and insects would surely agree. As some of the most aggressive species on the ...

West Coast transient killer whales have long fascinated marine scientists with their impressive mammal-hunting techniques. Now, new research by the University of British Columbia (UBC) is shedding ...

In the first clip from BBC TV series Kingdom, David Attenborough narrates a tense encounter between a pregnant hyena and pack of wild dogs ...

The shortlist for Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) 2025 has been announced – and there are some truly stunning shots, including brilliant butterflies, posing frogs, stalking spiders and ...

Gorillas are the world’s largest primates, with a typical male silverback weighing almost 200 kilograms. There are two species of gorilla – the eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei) and western gorilla ...

Scientists have discovered a surprising new method for finding dinosaur fossils in Canada – and it involves an unlikely duo: lichens and drones. According to a new study published in Current Biology, ...