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 ...

Scientists investigating a single species of African toad found more than they bargained for: three species, all of which give birth to live young.

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 ...

Fringe-lipped bats in the forests of Panama use a similar hunting strategy to the lions of the Serengeti, which they implement more efficiently. Instead of lying in wait to ambush their prey, the bats ...

Living in a world of water, sound is as important to whales, dolphins and porpoises as sight is for humans, says the experts at Whale and Dolphin Conservation. As well as using sound to navigate and ...

Named after the wedge-shaped stone at the top of an arch, which locks the other stones into position and prevents collapse, a keystone species is one that plays a central role in the structure of an ...

Despite being two different species of squirrel the grey and red squirrel do share some similarities, says Mark Henderson from the Red Squirrel Survival Trust. Both squirrels are arboreal (tree ...