The hardy Antarctic midge finally reveals some of its survival secrets to Osaka Metropolitan University researchers in a new study.

In the lush, fossil-rich Hindon Maar Complex of New Zealand’s South Island, scientists have uncovered a 14.6-million-year-old ...

New defences have been added to Fort Henry and three other World War Two bunkers in Studland – not to safeguard the shoreline, but to protect the rare bats that roost there.

Evidence from 13th-century chroniclers and physicians indicates plague may have been involved in epidemics a century before ...

Jonathan the world's oldest tortoise lives a peaceful life on the tropical island of St. Helena with three other giant tortoises.