The catastrophic event that ended the reign of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago left an indelible mark on Earth’s history.

Just when you have come to terms with the immense list of things to see on the South American mainland, the continent's most ...

Corinthia Black studies the anatomical features of fishes and spiders to understand how life on Earth takes shape ...

In the mid-1980s, Kurt Vonnegut wrote a deeply satirical, allegorical novel called Galápagos in which an ageing hustler flees ...

Have you ever wondered why species of birds do not interbreed in the wild? Generally, there’s enough of the same species to allow for the same species breeding. However, two birds of similar but ...

The study, published in Ecology Letters, includes information from more than 1,200 bird species and represents a clear example of the impact of urbanization on wildlife. Urbanization has a huge ...

These births are part of a breeding program designed to shore up the survival of the species, which is currently ... Director of Herpetology and Birds at Philadelphia Zoo.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. This week, the members of Somerset Camera Club have been taking photos of rare birds visiting the county this spring. Every week, members of the ...

This week, the members of Somerset Camera Club have been taking photos of rare birds visiting the county this spring. Every week, members of the group are challenged to come up with new ...

The pictures below show some of the most unusual species that have got bird watchers in a flap in the county in recent years. From a bird thought to be transported across the Atlantic Ocean by ...

This theory diverges from Charles Darwin's idea, who imagined life emerging in small ... Walton's research, published in Science Advances, opens new perspectives on the origin of life. It suggests ...

The Darwin’s Rhea bird is native to the Patagonia region, across both Argentina and Chile. But the population on the Chilean side of the border has struggled to survive, while the Argentinian ...