Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet. Some are found lurking in remote corners of the world, while others have been hiding right under our noses. Learn more ...

There’s no better way to embrace the great outdoors than lacing up your hiking boots and heading for the Welsh coast - here ...

Eunice siphoninsidiator, or the tube ambushing marine bristle worm, was discovered within the structure of glass sponges by a ...

Fossils found in scrap sandstone originally meant to discarded revealed a new species in Brazil. Shared by Daniel Martins dos Santos The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and ...

You can typically get rid of a ringworm infection with over-the-counter (OTC) antifungal treatments. Certain cleaning practices at home may also help speed recovery. A ringworm rash can be ...

Radiocarbon dating of the surrounding sediment confirmed the astonishing 46,000-year timeline, placing this tiny survivor in the same era as woolly mammoths and prehistoric humans. One of the most ...

A wormery is a great way of recycling kitchen and small amounts of garden waste, using worms to turn this material into nutrient-rich natural compost. A sump within the wormery also holds any excess ...

A worm-like creature that shoots jets of fluid to capture its prey has been named New Zealand's Bug of the Year. The peripatus, also known as ngokeoke or New Zealand velvet worm,was crowned winner ...

According to Science Magazine, an international team of researchers from China and the United States uncovered a prehistoric beetle specimen trapped inside amber, and on that specimen were tiny specs ...

The results are in, and New Zealanders have crowned the ngāokeoke (New Zealand velvet worm, Peripatoides novaezealandiae) the 2025 Bug of the Year. The whē (New Zealand praying mantis ...

The NZ velvet worm won this year’s New Zealand Bug of the Year competition, a less than scientific social experiment held every year by the Entomological Society of New Zealand to test the ...

When you imagine oceanic predators of our planet’s prehistoric oceans, something like a giant shark likely comes to mind. However, a new discovery of fossils in North Greenland has revealed it may ...