Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes. Remarkably preserved fossil specimens show they could see ...

The preservation of fossils of some of the oldest known vertebrates is so impressive that palaeontologists can not only count their eyes, but determine how they worked. The findings demonstrate that ...

The discovery shows that ancient vertebrates had a far more complex visual system than previously thought. The post Fossils ...

Aquaculture is now the fastest-growing food production sector globally, supplying more than half of the fish and seafood ...

Venom is one of nature’s most effective (and fascinating) survival tools. Across the world, a wide range of animals have ...

Most zoo members attend a couple to three times a year. Even if they visited every day, they'd be hard pressed to meet all ...

The unexpected observation of a cow using a broom to scratch herself isn't necessarily surprising, but it expands our ...

One of Earth’s earliest mass extinctions wiped out most ocean life during a sudden global ice age. From the ruins, jawed vertebrates survived, diversified, and transformed the course of evolution.

Many species of fungus across the world produce psilocybin, a chemical with psychedelic effects in humans, but its ...

Living walls—structures housing flowers and plants fitted to the outside of new and old buildings—can significantly enhance ...

Described by one researcher as looking ‘already dead’, the enigmatic creatures are one of the least understood species on the planet ...

There’s a beautiful example of symbiotic mutualism playing out in our oceans: the pairing of the great goby fish and pistol ...