Fungi are vital to natural ecosystems by breaking down dead organic material and cycling it back into the environment as ...

Sand-dwelling animals highlight nature’s remarkable adaptations. From burrowing and camouflage to water conservation, each ...

A newly described fossil reveals that leeches are at least 200 million years older than scientists previously thought, and ...

The structural properties in the mycelium of a common soil mold show promise in biomedical applications, such as hydrogels ...

Learn about a 480-million-year-old leech fossil that revealed that ancient leeches didn’t have the biological components ...

Mobility assistance exoskeletons are great for people who want to make light work of challenging outdoor activities, and for ...

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology analysed chemical fossils from more than 541 million years ago.

How hard can that be?” That’s what I thought when the Student Conservation Interns and I were asked to join a researcher who was hoping to catch a particular species ...

Researchers have discovered a mysterious ancient lizard with snake-like teeth in Scotland. Breugnathair elgolensis is one of ...

The announcement of Breugnathair elgolensis is the culmination of nearly a decade’s worth of work, after an international ...

Scientists were left stunned by the hook-toothed, 167-million-year-old fossil which blends reptile characteristics.