Research reveals the flight paths of ancient birds kickstarted the evolution of an exceptionally biodiverse mountain range in ...

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Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey and South Korea wanted to see inside the 40-mile-wide Antarctic glacier to ...

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Researcher Océane Attlan just found a fish so rare it has only been recorded once since it was first discovered.

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Cameraman Barrie Britton and I had been in the Kambui Hills, south-east Sierra Leone, for a few days when the trouble started ...

King Charles III is known for his love of the environment – and his actions have often divided opinion. But what has he ...

A snake has no eyelids, so cannot blink. Its eyes are protected by a fixed type of scale that acts like a contact lens to keep out dust and prevent damage from scratching. Consequently, it sleeps with ...

Discover 10 crazy prehistoric animals that once ruled the world millions of years ago - and they're not dinosaurs ...