Breakthrough study reveals how super-massive dinosaurs got so big

WALKING WITH DINOSAURS? IN THE ’70S IT WAS WISER TO RUN. DIRECTOR KEVIN CONNOR REMEMBERS THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT

In a time when people are being asked to consider eating insects, we should, perhaps, learn a thing or two from the aardvark (Orycteropus afer), Africa’s ant-guzzling gourmand. On an average night, th

She grew up believing in divine creation, but a radical rethink led Ella Al-Shamahi to evolutionary biology. Now, the presenter of the BBC science series Human shares her story

A round-up of the strangest science stories from around the world.

Beavers and red kites may be flourishing in Britain, but the reintroduction of apex predators here is a trickier issue. Could there be practical and philosophical benefits and would a trial release of lynx be a worthwhile experiment?

The normal diet of gladiators was vegetarian, but not through choice or principle. The rations in their barracks consisted of sagina, which literally translates as ‘stuffing’. It was a barley and bean