Scientists who discovered a green dinosaur skeleton in the US are asking the public to help name it.

What are Joro spiders, are they dangerous to humans and how did they come to make a home for themselves in North America, far from their east Asian native range?

Two new laws give British authorities nearly total discretion as to which protests and marches should be subject to restrictions says Mark Carwardine

The newly described fish – named after Middle Earth's powerful Lord Sauron – is vegetarian, eating mainly plants.

How deep is the deepest part of the ocean? And can anything live in these extreme hostile conditions? We investigate

Why do we say ostriches bury their heads in the sand - and do they really bury their heads? Stuart Blackman looks at the evidence and how this saying originated

Wild elephants give each other names in much the same we do, meaning they may also be capable of abstract thought, suggests new research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution.

The venomous spiders, native to east Asia, are predicted to inhabit most of the eastern US in coming years.

Despite the expectation that 'grolar bears', or 'pizzly bears', are on the rise, hybridisation between grizzlies and polar bears is actually very rare, according to new research.

Cocaine trafficking poses a substantial threat to several bird species, including the endangered golden-cheeked warbler, finds study.