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Mass extinctions and evolutionary leaps, from bacteria to Homo sapiens

Well, not quite – but it’s true that about 80 per cent of our ocean floor remains unexplored and uncharted. Discovering what our ocean depths look like and what life might be found there is just as ch

Quiz of the week 1) What is the dispersal ...

They’re often depicted as huge, scaly beasts, but new discoveries are changing our beliefs about the creatures that once stalked our planet

When you think of dinosaur fossils, you probably picture parched deserts or badlands scorched by the Sun. But one of the world’s richest dinosaur graveyards is buried in a less likely setting: a quiet

Walruses live in the arctic and sub-Arctic. They are one of the largest pinnipeds (meaning fin-footed) and are related to seals and sealions. Their Latin name, Odobenus rosmarus, translates as ‘tooth-