Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.A Cambridge team studying the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b ...

Lewis AdamsBBC News, EssexSchmidt Ocean InstituteThe colossal squid was found during an expedition in the south Atlantic OceanA colossal squid has been filmed in its natural environment for the ...

Helen BriggsBBC environment correspondent•@hbriggsGetty ImagesGulls are under pressure with natural populations in declineFrom pilfering chips to swallowing whole starfish, gulls are known for their voracious appetites.However, one scientist was ...

Australian scientists have produced the world's first kangaroo embryo through in vitro fertilisation (IVF), a breakthrough they say could help save other species from extinction.Using specimens from eastern grey ...

Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC NewsWWFKrill are just a few centimetres long fully grown, but are one of the most abundant animals on EarthScientists say subtle differences in the colour ...

Getty ImagesClimate change was a major factor behind the hot, dry weather that gave rise to the devastating LA fires, a scientific study has confirmed.It made those weather conditions ...

London Museum from 2015A skull from shortly after the period Romans occupied BritainFrom the end of the Roman occupation through the Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions - a new way ...

Drone footage of pygmy blue whales off Timor Leste coastFor about two months each year, fisherman Faustino Mauloko da Cunha transforms his home along the South Pacific coast into ...

Imogen FoulkesKim Mishra (L) and Anian Schreiber (R) cooperated on the new chocolate making process Imagine picking up a nice juicy apple - but instead of biting into it ...

An innovative research method helps discover sea lion behaviours and chart ocean habitats. Source link

Scientists are launching their first in-human vaccine trial for a highly fatal virus.The Marburg virus is in the same family as Ebola and was discovered in 1967.There are currently ...

Getty ImagesIt's long been known that our lifestyles can help to keep us healthier for longer. Now scientists are asking whether new technology can also help slow down the ...