The new species of beetle has been named Macratria durrelli as a tribute to the famous naturalist Gerald Durrell. © Telnov, D. 2025. A museum scientist has paid homage to the renowned British ...

Get behind the lens of some of the world’s best wildlife photographers with our new Wildlife Photographer of the Year Tour. Join us for a special tour of our Wildlife Photographer of the Year ...

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 ...

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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, ...

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 ...

Large areas of the world could soon become unrecognisable if global temperatures continue to rise. From the loss of coral reefs to the shutdown of major ocean currents, shifts in Earth’s climate and ...

The Cambrian explosion is one of the most important intervals in the history of life. Now, new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) is revealing that this ...

The brown marmorated stink bug has arrived in the UK, threatening fruit and vegetable crops during summer and heading inside people's homes during winter. One of the first stink bugs to be identified ...

Over the last two decades there has been a revolution in the study of dinosaurs after it was discovered that some of these extinct animals were feathered. Exactly how many dinosaurs had feathers has ...

Centuries of farming, building and industry have made the UK one of the most nature-depleted countries in Europe. Extensive agricultural lands and road networks, in combination with other factors, ...

Humans may have been driven to the brink of extinction within the past million years, new research suggests. While the claims of a population bottleneck could explain longstanding mysteries in ...