New study highlights urgent need to safeguard deep reefs – one of the largest...
As world leaders, government negotiators, scientists and conservationists gather at the UN Biodiversity Conference, COP15, to agree to halt and reverse nature loss, an...
Scientists find new evidence of massive tsunami that devastated ancient Britain in 6200BC
Scientists led by the University of Bradford have made a major breakthrough in the hunt for confirmation of a historic mega tsunami that is...
Discovery of rare Roman cattle bones sheds new light on ancient farming
The “incredibly rare” discovery of Roman cattle bones by archaeologists has shed new light on how ancient farmers butchered and sold meat.
The bones were...
Some species of fish are getting smaller, but more research is needed to determine...
A new study has shown that some species of fish are getting smaller, but more research is needed to determine if factors like human...
Hubble sees new atmosphere forming on a rocky exoplanet
For the first time, scientists using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence of volcanic activity reforming the atmosphere on a rocky planet...
Scientists discover how plants evolved to colonise land over 500 million years ago
Scientists analysing one of the largest genomic datasets of plants have discovered how the first plants on Earth evolved the mechanisms used to control...
Scientists discover ancient earthquake, as powerful as the biggest ever recorded
A new study has discovered that an ancient super-earthquake took place in Northern Chile, on the same scale as the largest recorded quake in...
Study finds 83 per cent of UK’s rivers fail pollution test
A new study has found that 83% of the Country’s rivers monitored have failed phosphate standard for good ecological status
The study by the Angler’s...
Chester Zoo fight to save rare fish
Conservationists from Chester Zoo are fighting to help save a rare fish on the paradise island of Bermuda.
Bermuda’s killifishes are found only in a...
A robot small enough to explore the lungs
Engineers and scientists have paved the way for a robot that can reach some of the smallest bronchial tubes in the lungs – to...