An unknown species of harvestman with a leg span of 33cm has been found during a TV production.
Could humans be one of the earliest or even the first intelligent species to evolve in the universe ?
Pegomastax would have lived 200 million years ago and could shed light on the evolution of other species.
What are the advantages of human bipedalism over the locomotion methods of other animal species ?
A completely new species of monkey has been discovered in Democratic Republic of Congo.
Dr Sarah Chan is challenging the belief that every species on the planet should be preserved.
A previously unknown species of winged reptile dating back 155 million years has been unearthed.
As habitats are lost and species die out around the world, so too do the sounds of nature.
Workers have uncovered a significant number of bones belonging to several Ice Age animal species.
A completely new species of spider has been discovered by cave explorers in southern Oregon.
A photograph posted by a hiker on Flickr has lead to a whole new species of insect being identified.
Researchers believe they have uncovered DNA evidence of an unknown sister species of human.
50 skeletons belonging to the extinct giant wombat species diprotodon have been found in Queensland.
New research suggests we evolved from a primitive species of shark that lived 300 million years ago.
A large koala-like species of wombat the size of a sheep would have graced treetops 15 million years ago.
A species of giant flea-like insect would have fed on the blood of dinosaurs over 165 million years ago.
The Bururi long-fingered frog has been found alive and well in Africa having not been seen since 1949.
The fossilised bones from a 3.4 million-year-old human ancestor have been found in Africa.
Scientists describe how the scops owl species flourished but was driven to extinction by humans.
The fossil remains of what is believed to be a new species of human have been unearthed.