Maija KaralaTwo incredibly rare fossils found on Scotland's Isle of Skye are rewriting our understanding of how mammals evolved.While modern small mammals live as little as a year, one of the first to roam the earth, alongside dinosaurs, could reach seven years and...

Cat HobaiterLike humans, wild chimpanzees engage in snappy, turn-taking conversations, where they wait just a fraction of a second for their turn to 'speak'. The animals communicate mostly with gestures including hand movements and facial expressions.Scientists who...

Getty ImagesScientists have discovered “dark oxygen” being produced in the deep ocean, apparently by lumps of metal on the seafloor.About half the oxygen we breathe comes from the ocean. But, before this discovery, it was understood that it was made by marine plants...

The company planning to build a new coal mine in Whitehaven, Cumbria has fought its case in court, saying it can and will build a “unique” net zero mine.The High Court hearing in London is the first test of a major ruling in June that raised doubts that any new fossil...

Taxes on electricity should be shifted to gas so that people feel more benefit from using green technologies like heat pumps in their homes, the government's climate advisers say.The Climate Change Committee (CCC) says the change would mean consumers seeing clearer...

A large dinosaur's skeleton has fetched $44.6m (£34m) at a Sotheby's auction in New York City - the most ever paid for a fossil.The plant-eating stegosaurus - nicknamed Apex - is 11ft (3.4m) tall and 27ft long from nose to tail, and "ranks high among the most complete...

4 hours agoBy Victoria Gill, @vic_gill, Science correspondent, BBC NewsTyler RossAt the end of the Canadian Arctic summer, polar bears head inland to wait for the ice to form. And while thousands of tourists flock to catch a glimpse of these magnificent predators,...