Marmoretta is a stem lepidosaur, an early relative of the group containing all lizards and snakes as well as an unusual ...

Taforalt cave, also called Grotte des Pigeons, is a globally important site. It contains the graves of over 30 ancient humans ...

The researchers managed to extract DNA from the teeth and bones from two of the burials. They found that as humans migrated ...

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The fossil expands the Denisovan's known range by thousands of kilometres and provides new insights into how this species looked.

The first samples returned from the far side of the Moon suggest it's 10-100 times drier than the side nearer Earth.

My research focuses primarily on the palaeobiology of the ornithischian (bird-hipped) dinosaurs. I work on the systematics and taxonomy of all major ornithischian clades, and have current research ...

While saving these species from extinction provides hope for the future, Dr Sophia Nicolov, AHRC Career Fellow and ...

Butterfly and moth wings can be stunningly beautiful. More importantly, some have colourful and elaborate patterns that serve as a defence against hungry predators. There are many butterfly and moth ...

The UK Species Inventory is a database of all UK wildlife and it provides the taxonomic foundation for most biological recording and analysis systems. The Natural History Museum maintains this ...

The First Fleet collection gives a fascinating insight into life in Australia following the arrival of the British in 1788, when 11 ships carrying some 1,400 people landed to establish the first ...