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THE DEEP SEA IS BY FAR THE LARGEST habitat on Earth. It is, says Natalie Lawrence in her book Enchanted Creatures, “the last wilderness vast enough to hide monsters”. Unsurprisingly, many myths have a

FOSSIL EVIDENCE TELLS US THAT insects have put wings to good use in their domination of the planet for the past 325 million years. However, some of these insects have given up their various motile fla

A fossilised jawbone found by a University of Portsmouth student is from a newly identified species of prehistoric mammal. Undergraduate Benjamin Weston, 22, unearthed the fossil during a field trip t

Scientists estimate that insects make up 90% of all animal species.

Fungi and insects make for an exciting season, says James Lowen

Fee-fi-fo-fum! it may not make a great deal of grammatical sense, but this phrase is certain to conjure up mental images of magic beans, rampant beanstalks and one very angry giant. Colossal-sized hum