Half a billion years ago, the first true eye emerged in Earth’s oceans. Fossils now reveal what that ancient crystal vision could actually see.

In search of a new adventure, Craig Munns went back to school. Now, at 65, he spends his days examining long-vanished life forms ...

Barry Hughes, a volunteer in the Condon Fossil Collection, opens a drawer containing the head of a saber-tooth tiger and ...

The Great God of the Sea has truly blessed us with a bountiful catch.

Biologists identify a new species of "living fossil" chiton through cutting-edge mitochondrial genome sequencing.

If the Sun were very different, we wouldn’t be here. A shorter-lived star wouldn't provide the opportunity for humanity to develop, a star that was more erratic would regularly fry us, and stars in ...

Monarch Legacy of Monsters Season 2 Episode 2 is a good episode that struggles to find the right balance between the past and ...

This leaf beetle looks amazing, but does like to chomp through - yes you guessed it - asparagus plants. Asparagus beetles, or Crioceris asparagi, are amazingly colourful, however, and despite them ...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, there are quite a few Star Wars fans among biologists. These ones have used their opportunity to name a new species to make reference to their beloved franchise.

If someone showed you photos of Onyx Cave without context, you’d probably assume they were concept art from the latest space ...

They gave quartz, calcite and other types of crystals to chimpanzees in a rehabilitation center. The apes responded with great interest, and the researchers ended up needing to trade large amounts of ...

Young primates in a southern African nature park were observed to constantly interfere when their mother was giving attention to a younger brother or sister. By Annie Roth Annie Roth has reported on ...