Bake them, freeze them, fire them from a gun or blast them into space: tardigrades can survive almost anything. Some experts ...

New reconstructions of 540 million years of climate history show the planet tumbling between icehouse and hothouse states, ...

Scientists are looking for the 'dark matter' of the animal kingdom — and it’s revealing how little we know about life on our ...

The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just got a little stranger, thanks to clues revealed by a lone fossil specimen that scientists now say represents a long-extinct ancestor. The ...

A new study reveals that the tiniest animals can have the biggest impact on how nutrients move through grassland soil and ...

Our planet is brimming with life, and the diversity of animal species on Earth is staggering. Over 2.1 million animal species have been described, but zoologists estimate that millions more have yet ...

Discover the list of animals with the hardest shells and armour, ranked as the toughest shelled creatures on Earth. Find out ...

An artist’s impression depicts Kryoryctes at Dinosaur Cove in Australia. New research supports the hypothesis that Kryoryctes is a common ancestor of both the platypus and echidna. - Peter Schouten ...

Earth's history is marked by violent mass extinctions that have shaped life on the planet. Here's how many of these events ...

Most people size up animals by how tall they stand or how long they stretch, but weight tells a different story. Measuring by mass alone reveals which creatures carry the most bulk.

The blue whale is the biggest animal ever, weighing up to 200 tons and eating 4 tons of krill daily. It's also the loudest ...