David Haskell brings readers through millions of years of botanical history for his latest book, How Flowers Made Our World ...

Until the Panamanian isthmus formed about 2.8 million years ago, North and South America were isolated continents with unique ...

The mindset of denying scientific facts about the complexity of animal minds is why animals lose their minds and caring about ...

Discover the 25 fastest things in the world, from peregrine falcons to lightning. Explore record-breaking speeds in nature, ...

In the jungle of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a team of researchers discover a new species of monkey, and form a deep friendship along the way.

A recent animal escape led to a debate at Nexstar's KXAN – can you call an American bison a "buffalo"?

Buried in their brain tissue, researchers found Acinetobacter baumannii – a pathogen labelled 'Priority 1′ by the World ...

Fossil finds are exciting moments that sometimes introduce the world to an ancient mammal or dinosaur that existed millions of years ago. But a longstanding problem in paleontology is that fossils are ...

Julie Elie worked out how zebra finches announce who they are, what they are doing and use individual signatures A scientist who decoded the vocalisations that a bird uses to communicate has won a ...

“When you come for the king, you best not miss,” said New Scientist – “particularly if the king in question” is Tyrannosaurus rex, a nine-tonne dinosaur with “the biggest teeth of any known land ...

For over 200 years, there has been just one species of giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. This unmistakable African animal is easily recognized across the world. With their long necks and distinctive ...

The 2024 Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi provides a published list of all the known native and naturalised species of plants, algae, fungi and lichens in the state. Formerly naturalised and ...