It is damp and drippy as I write. I’ve returned from a walk in the woods where the only news and conversations were between ...

A study has found the economic burden of invasive species is 1646 per cent higher than previously recorded, with an average ...

Scientists identified a hidden "sixth sense" in geckos that's upending up what we thought we knew about animal hearing.

A 346-million-year-old fossil is rewriting the story of vertebrate evolution.

Fossils from Scotland’s East Kirkton Quarry are now dated to 346 million years ago, offering rare insight into vertebrate ...

Toads don’t get a lot of press. They don’t show up on posters or in videos, they don’t decorate lunch boxes or hats and not ...

Climate change threatens amphibians globally with extreme weather destroying breeding habitats and increasing mortality.

Across Earth’s many landscapes and oceans, life has formed in patterns that might not be obvious at first. While it may seem like species are scattered randomly, a new global study suggests there’s an ...

Seventeen footprints preserved in a slab of sandstone discovered in southeastern Australia dating to about 355 million years ...

This fossil site near a surprising city gives researchers and amateurs alike a window into a prehistoric world that's 309 million years old.

From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes ...

In 1984, an amateur paleontologist in Scotland found a remarkable specimen: a nearly complete fossil of what looked to be a lizard or salamander ...