Sleep is a universal biological state that allows all animals, from mammals to amphibians, fish and even insects, to restore ...

Sailfish can reach speeds of almost 70mph and grow up to 3.4m long – these images of them hunting are utterly breathtaking.

Benoit Bourguet, 47, was competing in a rowing race from Spain to Antigua when large waves capsized his single-man vessel.

Antarctic penguins’ breeding season has shifted by a record two weeks as a result of climate change, reveals new research. A ...

A decade-long study led by Penguin Watch1, at the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University, has uncovered a record ...

Scientists from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Scripps Polar Center are at the bottom of the ...

Antarctica's penguins are speeding up their family planning—and scientists say that's not good news. A 10-year study of three ...

Blue blood may look alien, but it’s one of evolution’s most elegant solutions to life in extreme environments. Here’s how ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia, hoping conservationists never have to use ...