Museum planetary science researcher Prof Sara Russell explains the origins of Earth's closest companion. 'There used to be a number of theories about how the Moon was made and it was one of the aims ...
Qingrong Yang (China) shows a ladyfish snatching its prey from right under this little egret’s beak. Qingrong was at Yundang Lake near his home, a place he visits regularly to photograph the feeding ...
Newborn humans take years to become adults - but for butterflies, the miraculous process takes just a few weeks. Growing up doesn't take long when you're a butterfly. Going from egg to caterpillar to ...
As 2026 approaches, you might be starting to think about your New Year’s resolutions. The start of a new year offers the perfect opportunity to pick up new skills and introduce new habits, ...
The controlled use of fire is one of the reasons our species was able to survive and spread around the world. But the newly unearthed evidence of the earliest fire-making shows that we were not the ...
An international team of scientists have identified nine new species of butterflies using a combination of geographical, morphological and molecular analysis. AMISTAD, a new collections-based research ...
Until not that long ago, scientists widely agreed on the evolutionary journey that plants took from the oceans to the land. They thought that algae evolved into mosses and their relatives, known as ...
The skeletal remains of this Roman-aged female individual were uncovered in the collections of Eastbourne Town Hall in 2012. Subsequent research suggested her origins were in sub-Saharan Africa; ...
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The new species of beetle has been named Macratria durrelli as a tribute to the famous naturalist Gerald Durrell. © Telnov, D. 2025. A museum scientist has paid homage to the renowned British ...
Groundbreaking discovery shows humans were making fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought
Research published in Nature provides evidence of the earliest known instance of fire making by humans – around 400,000 years ago The ability to make fire is a critical turning point in human ...
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