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Scientists used radiocarbon dating to study ancient worms

Scientists have resurrected a microscopic worm that lay dormant in Siberian permafrost for 46,000 years.

Despite fearsome reputation, fish prefers scavenging to hunting and swims in shoals for protection, say experts

As oceans warm, we need to get used to close encounters, says marine scientist Hannah Rudd

A team of five scientists upturned more than 7,000 rocks over a considerable period of time to find out how animals ranging from ants to snakes are responding to land-use changes in rocky habitats. Their study has been published in the Global Ecology and Conservation, a peer-reviewed international journal. 

Andark Lake, Southampton, Hampshire: There’s so much wildlife to be enjoyed here, but the highlight has been watching these powder-puff dabchicks grow

“Baby shark doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo, baby shark doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo …” If you’re the parent of a young child, you’re probably painfully familiar with this infectious song, which now has more than 13 billion views on YouTube.

Great white and mako sharks are competing in the Pacific Ocean, and Shark Week expert Dr. Austin Gallagher explained his stance on which is more powerful.

Bees and wasps solve problems in the same way despite being separated by 179 million years of evolution

Maintaining that its recent elephant population estimation exercise was “more precise” than the previous surveys, the Forest department has stood by its migration theory to explain the fall in elephant population, with their habitats in Kerala being contiguous with the forests of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu sharing an inter-State boundary…