Researchers came across a tiny long-fingered possum and a ring-tailed glider living in the rainforest in the Indonesian province of West Papua. Find out more here.

Ancient DNA preserved in seabed sediments suggests Doggerland hosted temperate forests far earlier than expected.

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

During the Ice Age, massive glaciers covered large portions of the Northern Hemisphere, dramatically altering the distribution of plants and animals. Entire ecosystems shifted as species adapted to ...

Forests were growing on the now-submerged landmass of Doggerland thousands of years earlier than previously believed, ...

In biology and palaeontology (the study of extinct organisms) there are a few ways to estimate the age of an animal’s skeleton. One is the extent of fusion of sutures in the skeleton – how much the ...

A scientific expedition in the Barents Sea has revealed a remarkable geological structure hidden beneath the Arctic waters: ...

New research reveals how the invention of a crucial Ice Age technology helped humans defend against extreme cold during ...

A prehistoric mass grave in Serbia reveals that more than 77 people—mostly women and children—were deliberately killed in a brutal act of violence about 2,800 years ago. Genetic evidence suggests the ...

Need motivation to stay active in your golden years? Accumulating evidence suggests that about 22 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per day (150 mins/week) can significantly increase your odds of ...