The outer ear is unique to mammals, but its evolutionary origin has remained a mystery. According to a study published in ...

As we work to wrap up our review of the Panasonic GH7, we've been out and about shooting everything from airplanes at the ...

Thanks to in-kind donations of tens of thousands of rare books, scientific journals, and articles, and reports over the past ...

On the rock tors of Central Otago, herpetologist Carey Knox scans the schist ledges for lizards. He's looking for a grand skink, or an Otago skink. Both are endangered lizard species that became ...

How and when did dinosaurs first emerge and spread across the planet more than 200 million years ago? That question has for ...

Thai freshwater crocodiles, or Siamese crocodiles, are a critically endangered species with fewer than 1,000 left in the wild. They are found in southern Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and parts of ...

Last year, Whipsnade Zoo welcomed many new animals into the world as part of its essential conversation programme. To kick off 2025, staff have been going around the zoo to count the mammals, birds, ...

Zookeepers at Whipsnade Zoo have kicked off the New Year by counting every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate, as ...

Ichthyosaurs were reptiles that swam in the seas during the time of the dinosaurs. They evolved separately around 250 million ...

The fossil discovered is that of an extinct dolphin-like reptile estimated to have lived more than 100 million years ago in ...