Among those that were new was a “blob-headed fish” in the Chaetostoma genus, which includes bristlemouth armored catfish. The ...

Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck together.

A new species of dinosaur with strange claws has been unearthed in Mongolia by paleontologists. This new genus and species is ...

Humans may have taken over the planet with our amazing intellect, but that doesn't mean the animal kingdom is filled with ...

Vasuki indicus, a prehistoric snake fossil discovered in Gujarat, India, measures an astounding 49 feet in length, surpassing even the Titanoboa. This ...

Researcher Olwen Grace highlights investigations in the Jodrell Laboratory on Aloe vera, one of the most widely used plant species in the world today, and other aloes. Cast your mind back to the ...

Even though humans are the only remaining hominin species on the planet, our family tree is actually more complicated than you may realize.

All but one species of the Cactus plant family are native to the Western Hemisphere ... a native plant to that part of the world. One genus, Pereskia, native to tropical settings of South America ...

I paid a lot of attention to those words because I already had a big — make that a giant interest in growing these fascinating plants that seemed to defy the worst of abuse and still kept on growing, ...

Kyle Clifford, 26, was given a whole-life order today for the murder of Carol ... That meant his victims' family - BBC racing commentator John Hunt and his daughter Amy - addressed him in their ...

Judge Mr Justice Bennathan said Mr Hunt's statement was "difficult to listen to" as he handed down the whole-life order at Cambridge ... his attack at the Hunt family home. Bradley Clifford ...