But… they had survived. For years, in fact. And now, 40 years post-Chernobyl, the wolves in the Exclusion Zone aren’t just ...

Much as we’d like to imagine dinosaurs on skis or skates, their footprints are much more scientifically useful.

“DNA is much easier to find in the ‘soft parts’ of an animal – their organs, blood vessels, nerves, muscle and fat,” explained William Ausich, Professor Emeritus of Paleontology at The Ohio State ...

Reminding someone who has come to rely on a chatbot that they are not human may push them into what's known as the ...

Complex cells are thought to be the result of a union between two ancient microorganisms, but scientists have long been ...

The ability to communicate symbolically is one of the hallmarks of our species, yet scientists still don’t know exactly when ...

"The longest sediment cores previously drilled under an ice sheet are less than ten metres. We exceeded our target of 200 ...

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was established in 1946 to prevent the collapse of several species that had been hunted to near extinction over the preceding centuries. In 1986, after long ...

It’s not that rare for the Moon to pass in front of Mercury, but it seldom happens when it is this easy to watch.

President's quick-fire-round answer has led to a flurry of comments.

Located in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, the Taklamakan Desert is one of the driest places on Earth and the largest desert in the country. It’s sometimes called the “Sea of ...

Even palaeontologists used to digs in forbidding places might have baulked at this one, but the results more than vindicated ...