‘The first time it happened, it gave rise to all complex life,’ scientists say

Full and part skeletons found in Mexico reveal body shape and anatomy of Pytchodus as well as its likely diet

Labradors are known for being greedy dogs, and now scientists have come up with a theory about the genetic factors that might be behind their behaviour. Science correspondent and labrador owner Nicola Davis visits Cambridge University to meet Dr Elea ...

‘The first time it happened, it gave rise to all complex life,’ scientists say

A fossil of the "largest snake to ever have existed" has been found in western India. Twenty-seven vertebrae belonging to a 15-metre-long non-venomous creature scientists have named Vasuki indicus - longer than a T Rex - were discov ...

As tensions with China rise, scientists at America’s leading universities complain of stalled research after crackdown at airports

Recordings of healthy fish are being transmitted to attract heat-tolerant larvae back to degraded reefs in the Maldives

Influenza is still the biggest threat to global health as WHO raises fears about the spread of avian strain

Aliens could be purple and not green, a new study claims. Astronomers are expanding the search for extraterrestrial life beyond the conventional green pigments. Recent research by scientists from the Carl Sagan Institute and Cornell University has d ...

Snake was comparable in size to extinct Titanoboa, researchers say

scientists estimate Vasuki indicus was up to 15m long, weighed a tonne and would have constricted its prey

The ichthyosaur species may have been 25 metres long

Creating visually distinctive plants likely to become important as more weed-like crops are grown for food

Researchers could relay commands to cockroaches, telling them where to go

scientists have finally discovered why this remarkable plant becomes hungry for bugs

By studying whales, researchers hope to develop filters to any future extraterrestrial signals humans may receive

Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are slightly more likely than the overall adult population to believe in human-caused climate change

Common eastern bumblebee queens’ ability while hibernating could help it endure flooding, scientists say

BH3 spotted when scientists chanced upon star in Aquila constellation ‘wobbling’ under its gravitational force

Clouds and rain play a key role in scrubbing the air clean above the Southern Ocean, scientists say