A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a ...

Micro-organisms constitute a very antique group of living organisms which appeared on the Earth's surface almost 3000 million years ago.

In the first of a new series, curator Dr Neil Adams shares the stories and science of the fossil mammal collection.

A global hunger monitoring group says that famine is spreading in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region and has now engulfed ...

Brain tumors are abnormal growths of cells in or around the brain. They can be primary (originating in the brain) or secondary (metastatic, spreading to the brain from cancer elsewhere). They can also ...