Sir Richard Owen (1804–1892) is regarded as one of the most prominent scientific figures of the Victorian era. He devoted a career spanning 60 years to research in zoology and palaeontology, ...

Museum planetary science researcher Prof Sara Russell explains the origins of Earth's closest companion. 'There used to be a number of theories about how the Moon was made and it was one of the aims ...

Qingrong Yang (China) shows a ladyfish snatching its prey from right under this little egret’s beak. Qingrong was at Yundang Lake near his home, a place he visits regularly to photograph the feeding ...

Newborn humans take years to become adults - but for butterflies, the miraculous process takes just a few weeks. Growing up doesn't take long when you're a butterfly. Going from egg to caterpillar to ...

As 2026 approaches, you might be starting to think about your New Year’s resolutions. The start of a new year offers the perfect opportunity to pick up new skills and introduce new habits, ...

Many regions of the deep sea are currently being explored for the potential to mine them for minerals, but it is still largely unknown what actually lives on the seabed. Two new papers have looked at ...

The UK's capital city has seen the return of the Eurasian beaver after 400 years of absence. The reintroduction is another step forward for campaigns to return the aquatic rodent to the country, with ...

The controlled use of fire is one of the reasons our species was able to survive and spread around the world. But the newly unearthed evidence of the earliest fire-making shows that we were not the ...

During 2020, COVID-19 vaccines were created in record time. Nature plays a huge part in the medicines we rely on every day. And when it comes to vaccines, we have horseshoe crabs and their blood to ...

The subject of legends for thousands of years, the largest living invertebrates remain relatively mysterious. Living deep below the surface of the ocean, scientists are only just beginning to reveal ...

Zombie-ant fungi are named for their ability to manipulate the behaviour of their insect hosts. Two newly described species of ancient fungi from the age of dinosaurs are now shedding light on the ...

Straight-tusked elephants were some of the largest land mammals ever to have existed, but no one has been quite sure just how many of the now-extinct species existed throughout Africa, Europe and Asia ...