Some 445 million years ago, life on Earth was forever changed. During the geological blink of an eye, glaciers formed over ...

The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

The Greenland shark is thought to live for about 400 years but somehow its eyes appear to barely deteriorate, according to a ...

By cutting into a tiny throat bone, Princeton's Chris Griffin showed that it belonged to an adult of a smaller tyrannosauroid ...

This seabed deployment is a first for Northern Ireland. The project is supported by Ulster Wildlife members, Belfast Harbour ...

Despite multiple mass extinctions, the frilled shark has managed to thrive for 100 million years. Today, it remains one of ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before - at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.

Keystone species play an outsized role in the ecosystem, affecting the natural balance in ways that cannot easily be replaced.

Species discovery rates are accelerating, not declining. A new study shows 2020 broke records for new species descriptions, with millions more still to find.

As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be disturbed or harmed by deep-sea mining.

A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, a sea slug wore ...