New sponge-like material has been invented by scientists in Ireland that can absorb toxic benzene from polluted air. Benzene is classified as a carcinogen which increases the risk of cancer…
The most complete embryos belonging to a duckbilled herbivorous dinosaur ever found have been unearthed by palaeontologists in China. The scientists - who published their findings in the journal BMC…
A pair of former zoo elephants have packed ther trunks to move to a lush animal sanctuary after spending their lives in captivity. The tuskers - from Mendoza Zoo in…
An eight-foot alligator has been captured after it lashed a woman with its powerful tail after munching on dog food left on her front porch. Officials in Texas, USA, rushed…
Human activities rather than climate change are having a more devastating effect on mollusk communities according to new research. An analysis of more than 70,000 fossils indicates that mollusk communities…
These cute armadillo babies have been rescued from a field in Colombia after their mother was probably killed by a predator. The Centre for Care and Assessment (CAV) of the…
A garden dormouse has been spotted in the Swiss Canton of Solothurn for the first time since 1909 after a massive search resulting in what experts are hailing as a…
Black car paint could become a secret weapon in the battle to kill the yellow fever mosquito which has a natural resistance to some insecticides. In a study appearing in…
A team of experts and science enthusiasts led by a married couple of palaeontologists who managed to keep working by turning their home into a science lab have discovered the…
An Austrian museum will exhibit unique fossils of mammoths, woolly rhinos and cave lions from the last ice age found scattered in an over-21,500-year-old hunter station. The exhibition, named 'Animals…