A world-first study led by Museums Victoria Research Institute has revealed that beneath the cold, dark, pressurized world of ...

The La Venta fossil site in Colombia is home to a rich fossil record, yielding a particularly diverse set of vertebrate fossil assemblages. The giant terror bird (phorusrhacid) and caiman—a large ...

Inspired by a hitchhiking fish that uses a specialized suction organ to latch onto sharks and other marine animals, ...

An international team of scientists has decoded some of the most stubborn, overlooked regions of the human genome using ...

Mosquitoes kill more people each year than any other animal. In 2023, the blood-sucking insects infected a reported 263 ...

In the rodent family tree, deer mice separated from the ancestors of house mice and rats about 25 million years ago. By some ...

Quantum confinement is a physical effect that occurs when the size of a material—usually a semiconductor or conductor—is ...

Using more than 2.8 billion fungal sequences sampled from 130 countries, scientists map the biodiversity of Earth's ...

Body coverings such as hair and feathers have played a central role in evolution. They enabled warm-bloodedness by insulating ...

Almost half of all Australian properties are at risk of bushfire, while 17,500 face risk of coastal erosion. By 2030, more ...

With hosepipe bans in force across several English regions and more restrictions likely to follow, gardeners face some tough choices. When every drop counts, which plants deserve your precious water ...

President Donald Trump intends to unveil an Artificial Intelligence Action Plan aimed at keeping the United States at the ...