We just found nineteen new species of gecko in one tiny area
5 October 2017
The discovery of so many closely-related vertebrate species within such a small area is unprecedented
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UK and Irish seabirds search area size of Spain for food
6 July 2017
Seas off Scotland have been identified as especially important habitats for seabirds and important to conserve
Demise of dinosaurs opened the doors to the age of tree frogs
3 July 2017
Frogs leaped to take advantage of the global catastrophe that killed off the dinosaurs 66 million years ago
Frog skeleton allows them to jump horizontally or vertically
17 May 2017
Astonishingly complex bone movements visualised in lab experiments allow some frogs to take off upwards or forwards, propelled by knees or hips
Eggs four times bigger than ostriches’ reveal a giant dinosaur
9 May 2017
The creature fossilised as it was breaking out of its huge egg. It would have looked like an overgrown cassowary eight metres long and weighing three tons
African T. rex was one of last dinosaurs alive before extinction
3 May 2017
An African version of a tyrannosaur-like predator has been discovered by chance in a mine in Morocco
