About the Manual of Afrotropical Diptera project The Manual of Afrotropical Diptera provides an up-to-date, well-illustrated, interpretable means for identifying families and genera of two-winged ...

A small dinosaur that once dashed along North American riverbanks has found a new home in London. The new species, named ...

This seems to have solved the mystery of how the starfish got its arms. But it doesn’t necessarily answer the ‘why’. Imran ...

The slightly warmer temperatures around the middle of the Earth melted the top layers of ice to form meltwater ponds that ...

Garden snails and aphids are venomous animals. This is the startling outcome of a new study that argues for a radical shift ...

Sphenodraco scandentis is a relative of lizards that would have climbed among the trees in ancient Jurassic forests.

By combing the details preserved by both fossils, Victor and a team of scientists concluded that the animal was an extinct species new to science. Sphenodraco scandentis appears to be the earliest ...

Disabled visitors can see the newest edition of Wildlife Photographer of the Year away from daytime crowds. We use cookies to give you the best online experience. We use them to improve our website ...

A new species of dinosaur, Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, a two-legged herbivore from the famous Morrison Formation in the USA, has been officially recognised by science – and from Thursday 26 June is ...

GIST Impact, a leading provider of impact and risk data and analytics, and the Natural History Museum today announced a new collaboration to integrate the Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) - a ...

There are two species of seahorse in the British Isles – the short-snouted seahorse and the spiny seahorse. Both species are ...

A new study released today shakes up the scientific understanding of venom and proposes a radical redefinition that means the saliva of aphids and chemicals released by slugs will join the bites of ...