A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

Experts say discounts on IVF procedures an attempt to fulfil campaign promise but savings only a fraction of total cost ...

Long before today’s tree-dwelling sloths, a 4-ton giant roamed South America — and it may have stood and fought like a bear.

Greenland sharks can live for hundreds of years, drifting through some of the coldest and darkest waters on Earth. Once dismissed as slow, clumsy and nearly blind, these deep-sea giants are now ...

Both the UK and US Governments have pledged to end research using animals, but is such a goal realistic? And how might it change medical research? Talha Burki reports.

Quick Take Picking up a live electric wire and swinging it around sounds like a terrible idea. For the blanket octopus, it is ...

India’s choice to avoid coercion and respect women’s reproductive freedom not only preserves social stability but also leverages the natural benefits of an educated population ...

A conservation journal is to release a study on an endemic Bermuda snail once thought to be extinct. A small colony of ...

The growing number of birds in Norwich market has pushed the council to adopt extreme measures – including a hawk and oral contraceptives. But for the city’s pigeon-loving activists, they are just mis ...

The disappearance of crows is not just about losing a familiar bird. It reflects a broader pattern of urban ecological simplification — cities becoming hostile to unscripted life ...

State fish and game officials declared mountain lions in the Central Coast and Southern California threatened under the state’s endangered species act.

In A Nutshell A man who attempted to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II spent weeks having his delusions validated and elaborated by his AI chatbot girlfriend, who told him his assassination plan was ...