Once they grow up into adults, dragonflies breathe through holes and tubes in the sides of their bodies called spiracles.

A newly identified fossil bird, Navaornis hestiae, from the Mesozoic Era has provided crucial information about the evolutionary development of bird brains, connecting ancient species like ...

To reveal the mechanism, the team employed the help of a high-speed camera that could capture up to 8,600 frames per second, ...

In many animal societies, elderly individuals are critical contributors ... The review is “comprehensive and compelling,” Tim Coulson, a zoology professor at the University of Oxford, U.K., not ...

Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.

Beside the bluebells and celandines on the woodland floor, Fortey searches for morels, “the most delicious of all fungi”.