A 280 million-year-old lost world was accidentally discovered by a woman while hiking in the Italian Alps. Claudia Steffensen ...

Once found in the jungles of Africa, researchers in South America have now discovered links tying these extinct primates to the continent—painting an incredible story of survival against the odds.

Antarctica is home to a peak shaped like a perfect pyramid — but contrary to what conspiracy theorists say, the mountain's ...

This newly extracted ice preserved a record of our planet’s climate history, continuous information on atmospheric ...

As BBC News filmed with scientists in the Antarctic Peninsula, one whale used its four-metre-long fin to sweep a net of bubbles around its prey and trap them, known as "bubble-netting".

A mere 90 million years ago, Antarctica was a radically different place. Instead of being a polar desert characterized by ...