A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus, gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from their environment, thanks to a bacterial gene picked up by an ancestor, ...

Paranthropus was an ape-like hominin that survived alongside early humans for more than a million years. A fossilised leg ...

The researchers focused on bone articular fragments from therian mammals, a group that includes modern marsupials and ...

Scientists have revived 7,000-year-old algae from Baltic Sea sediments, pushing the limits of resurrection ecology.

In 2007, a team led by Stanford geobiologist Kevin Boyce found that carbon isotopes in the fossils resembled those of fungi — ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of the elusive 'fairy lantern' genus Thismia in a hill dipterocarp forest in ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of the elusive ‘fairy lantern’ genus Thismia in a hill dipterocarp forest in ...

Near a village in northeastern India, a “dwarf”-like creature with a “large” mouth swam through the river — or tried to, at least. But something pulled it out of the water, moved it around and dropped ...

In a study published in Systematic Biology, researchers from Imperial College London, UCL, Dalhousie University and the ...

Canon and Legends lore have different explanations on the origins of one of Star Wars’ most popular and iconic villain's ...

Scientists and trawlers found a 1-foot-long ocean predator with “bright” eyes off southern India and discovered a new species ...

New Zealand thrash Pakistan by 115 runs to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match T20 series. Hassan Nawaz blazes Pakistan's fastest T20 century as his side completes a nine-wicket ...