It’s the world’s most prestigious photography show, but Les Rencontres de la Photographie really flies thanks to the jaw-dropping work of eccentrics, amateurs and complete unknowns ...

Scientists propose that recently uncovered fossils may be the earliest evidence of behavioral “handedness” in animals.

Fossils of Spriggina floundersi provide the earliest evidence of animals favouring one side of the body over the other – a ...

Deep-sea mining threatens over half of molluscs reliant on hydrothermal vents, today’s update of The IUCN Red List of ...

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has found strong evidence that a plant's ability to reproduce on its own—through ...

Over generations, a small North American frog has learned how to survive in a world that's getting increasingly saltier. But ...

After a two week expedition off the coast of Brazil, an international team of researchers discovered 31 new marine species, ...

For eight years Andrew Upton shared the artistic directorship of the Sydney Theatre Company with his wife, Cate Blanchett.

True blue is one of nature's rarest tricks, and the animals that pull it off range from tiny ocean drifters that steal venom ...

Some frogs have evolved features so strange that scientists struggle to explain them, and a few look less like amphibians ...

Not all islands are surrounded by water. Some are ringed by wheat fields, highways, fences, suburbs and municipal boundaries. For the creatures trapped inside them, survival depends on ...

Frustrated residents say they face a nearly impossible task in stopping the amphibians, as the under-resourced county group tasked with combating invasive species focuses on other priorities. Maui ...