Biology
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DNA sequencing shows insects crossed oceans then migrated from treetops to the ground to adapt to ancient climate change
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Scientist leading ‘de-extinction’ effort says Harvard team just two years away from creating hybrid mammoth-elephant embryo
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Examination of a fossilised turtle suggests the way modern animals withdraw both head and neck into their shells might be linked to snapping up prey
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A new study shows many dinosaurs may have taken many months to hatch from their eggs, leaving them vulnerable to sudden environmental changes
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Fish-eating reptile Dinocephalosaurus, which lived about 245m years ago, gave birth to live babies rather than laying eggs
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Studies reveal greater likelihood of attention disorders, shyness and anxiety in childhood and then adulthood for survivors with very low birth weight of 1kg
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Country diary: Charmouth Beach, Dorset This section of the Jurassic Coast is one of the most active landslip sites in Europe
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Hip-swings, leg moves, arm waggles and staying on the beat are the best moves for women who want to be admired on the dance floor, say psychologists
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We tend to think of parasites as harmful, itchy, nasty, creepy crawlies. But these strange, beautiful creatures have many uses – and they need our help
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He declared that women’s brains were “analogous to those of animals”, but conducted scholarly personal correspondence with women, new book reveals
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Welcome to the Cretaceous Romanian island of Hațeg, once populated by lifeforms stranger than anything imagined by Lovecraft or Giger
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Scientists may now know what the common ancestor of slugs, snails and squid looked like, based on Calvapilosa kroegeri, a 480m-year-old fossil
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Advances in epigenetics mean incredibly detailed profiles of criminal suspects might soon be reality. Is the legal system ready to use this information?
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Zakynthos has some fascinating wildlife, but the Greek island’s biggest stars, its loggerhead turtles, are dying out – partly because of their popularity
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Campers fell asleep about two hours earlier than usual when denied access to their gadgets and electrical lighting, study showed
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In the late 1960s the scientist behind the world’s most successful antiviral vaccines went into battle against his employer and the US government for custody of the cells that he called his ‘children’
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British Heart Foundation says most people affected have not been diagnosed, and true number could be higher
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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts
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Frog saliva switches between being thin and watery as the whip-like tongue hits its target, to thick and sticky as the insect is reeled in, research shows
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Orangutan Samboja will be shown males on a touchscreen in experiment aimed at learning more about mating choices
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Thought to have lived 540 million years ago, the discovery of Saccorhytus coronarious fossils sheds light on the early stages of evolution
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The Nobel winner says keeping telomeres – the ends of our chromosomes – in prime condition can stave off diseases associated with ageing
Spoiler alert: most people want to remain in the dark, finds study