Â鶹´«Ã½

evolution

A male katydid fossil from the Early Cretaceous period

Life

Fossils reveal the dinosaur era's changing insect soundscape

Bush crickets from the Triassic era onwards evolved high-frequency songs to avoid being heard by predators

News

Dinosaur apocalypse

Life

Diversity helped mammals survive asteroid that killed the dinosaurs

News

How did so many giant meat-eating dinosaurs co-exist in the Jurassic?

Earth

How did so many giant meat-eating dinosaurs co-exist in the Jurassic?

Features

Ant on a small plant

Life

Ants have evolved to farm plants on at least 15 separate occasions

News

How flowering plants beat bloom-free gymnosperms to world dominance

Life

How flowering plants beat bloom-free gymnosperms to world dominance

Features

Juvenile ornate or painted wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima)

Video

The sounds of animals thought to be silent...until now

Video

Paraliparis selti

Life

Surprisingly bright blue fish discovered in the darkest ocean depths

News

Pangurban

Life

Cat-like sabre-toothed carnivore evolved faster than we thought

News

Watching someone itch can trigger the same impulse in others

Mind

Why itching can be contagious: Reflex pathway is identified in mice

News

Fewer than expected boys were born in England and Wales three months after lockdown was introduced

Health

Fewer boys born in England and Wales in early stage of the pandemic

The covid-19 pandemic has been linked to a decline in the proportion of male babies being born, in line with previous findings that fewer boys are born after population-wide stressful events

News

Humans

Our ancestors’ prenatal growth sped up after we split from chimps

News

Health

Nobel prize awarded for study of human evolution using ancient DNA

News

Life

These male hummingbirds evolved to be tiny so they can do cool dives

News

Life

Early mammals lived faster and died younger than modern ones

News

Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop