New Scientist reporter James Woodford recalls his run-in with rabbits I was working a Sunday shift when the news came through, and it gave me an instant sinking feeling – the big kind that you ...

When people think about famous dinosaurs, predators and giants usually dominate the spotlight. Yet one plant-eater managed to stand out from the crowd - Parasaurolophus, a hadrosaur with one of the ...

Do aliens exist? Few debates have proved as enduring – or as divisive – as the question of whether there is life beyond Earth ...

Ryan Gosling became a “Saturday Night Live” four-timer on Saturday, joining the show as host ahead of the release of his ...

The death of this ancient species, discovered alongside more newly described mammals, had been greatly exaggerated.

Until now, scientists have only known about the animals from fossils. But they suspected the creatures might still be alive, because the remote, difficult-to-navigate region where the fossils were ...

Reacher’s Alan Ritchson takes on alien robots in an action thriller that benefits from some better-than-usual streaming special effects ...

Source: Dr Sam Robinson Scientists studying venomous insects made an unexpected discovery inside a simple lunchbox container ...

The coastline of South Australia has been affected for nearly a year by an unprecedented harmful algal bloom which has led to ...

Nocturnal insects may use both the Earth’s magnetic field and visual cues to guide their migratory flight behaviours, according to recent findings.

We report on a new study from France, which indicates that dogs and cats may help to spread invasive flatworms.

Far beneath the ocean’s surface, where sunlight never reaches and temperatures soar near underwater volcanoes, life still ...