North America has had flying squirrels longer than any other part of the world, with the earliest known fossils dating back ...

Even large, predatory dinosaurs occasionally had to stop for a drink. Footprints found on the Isle of Skye off the coast of Scotland suggest that both large predatory dinosaurs and their prey drank ...

Far be it from us to suggest there’s a parallel between the continental plate’s behavior and what is happening on top, but ...

If there were any contender for a real-life equivalent to the Oliphaunts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, it would be ...

It’s not often you’ll see us singing the praises of Microsoft on these pages, but credit where credit is due, this ...

Walk through this quaint port town, and you’ll instantly recognise Ponyo’s seaside charm. Nara’s ancient temples and tranquil ...

In a new paper published in Nature today, colleagues and I reveal secrets of Earth’s crust 4.5 billion years ago. In the process, we also provide a new way to approach one of the biggest enduring ...

A devastating meteorite strike over three billion years ago may have been just what early life needed to thrive. While it’s ...