The rarest of rare lobsters, Casper will join a first-of-its-kind study to investigate curiously colored crustaceans.

If you look closely at the Y chromosome – the male sex chromosome passed down from biological fathers to their sons – it looks as if something very strange happened around 7,000 years ago. In a ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience.

T here are four fundamental forces in the universe: gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces. They ...

The WHO and Africa CDC have pushed back against the DRC health minister's statements that the outbreak is "under control".

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Scientists tracking changes to the Qaanaaq Ice Cap in northwestern Greenland have reported the loss of ice that would reach almost to the roof of a three-story building over 13 years. The report ...

Fragments of coral that are washed up often get deposited back into the sea, where it then plays an important role in the reef ecosystem. The coral rubble littering the seafloor often forms the base ...

At Challenger Deep, it takes around 15 seconds for sound to travel from the ship to the seafloor and back. However, it’s known that the speed of this journey can be subtly influenced by the sea’s ...

Is there a more perfectly named animal than the hammerhead shark? It’s a name that really hits the nail on the head, and – as we only recently learned – in more ways than one. Host Rachel Funnell ...

The Tsimané and the Mosetén are remarkable, although their success may be more complex than it seems at first glance.

Chances are you’ll get a rough split between the “I had a headache and couldn’t lift my arm for days” people and the “didn’t ...