It’s the world’s most prestigious photography show, but Les Rencontres de la Photographie really flies thanks to the jaw-dropping work of eccentrics, amateurs and complete unknowns ...
Two striking Asian praying mantis species that have rapidly spread across Europe have now been officially classified as ...
A naturally occurring bacterium from amphibian intestines completely eliminated colorectal tumors in mice with a single ...
Scientists propose that recently uncovered fossils may be the earliest evidence of behavioral “handedness” in animals.
Fossils of Spriggina floundersi provide the earliest evidence of animals favouring one side of the body over the other – a ...
Deep-sea mining threatens over half of molluscs reliant on hydrothermal vents, today’s update of The IUCN Red List of ...
University of Newcastle researchers have documented one of the clearest examples of iridescence ever recorded in an amphibian ...
Over generations, a small North American frog has learned how to survive in a world that's getting increasingly saltier. But ...
After a two week expedition off the coast of Brazil, an international team of researchers discovered 31 new marine species, ...
Some frogs have evolved features so strange that scientists struggle to explain them, and a few look less like amphibians ...
Earth is home to an astonishing variety of life forms, some of which seem to defy our understanding of what animals should look like. While we often imagine aliens as strange beings from other planets ...
Not all islands are surrounded by water. Some are ringed by wheat fields, highways, fences, suburbs and municipal boundaries. For the creatures trapped inside them, survival depends on ...