A previously unknown shark once swam around the shores of the U.K. more than 70 million years ago. The new species, named ...

Scientists analyzed the genetic information ... Professor Angelica Ronald said: "It is exciting to be able to discover the genes that influence when children learn to walk. Starting to walk ...

A newly discovered bacterium wiggling about in the mudflats of the Oregon coast could advance a new era of bioelectric devices. The purpose of this is a division of metabolic labor between ...

Forward-looking: Scientists have discovered a new species of cable bacteria that uses distinctive nickel-based fibers to conduct electricity, revealing key insights into its evolutionary history.

Biologists have discovered two previously unknown species of crocodiles, one living on the island of Cozumel and the other on the atoll of Banco Chinchorro, both off the Yucat n Peninsula. The ...

A coelacanth, known by some as the "dinosaur fish," was spotted in eastern Indonesia in a rare sighting of a species once ...

Scientists analysed the genetic information of more than 70,000 babies and identified 11 genetic markers that influence when youngsters take their first steps. In findings published in the journal ...

For the first time, scientists have discovered fossil evidence of an endangered, living tropical tree species. The ...

The researchers studied 7,530 girls, aged between 9 to 14, from the Growing Up Today Study (GUTS) in the US in two waves, from 19996 to 2001 and 2004 to 2008 respectively. Upon joining the study ...