To use this evidence, investigators typically must grow the larvae until adulthood in a laboratory setting and then identify ...

The death of this ancient species, discovered alongside more newly described mammals, had been greatly exaggerated.

Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

For more than 40 years, researchers suspected this species might operate in such an extreme way, but they couldn’t prove it. Now, a new study confirms it. This is the first known ant species made up ...

We’ve long assumed the legendary pilot sank to the bottom oft he Pacific. But a forensic experiment points to a much darker possibility.

In addition to listening to us on RTÉ Radio 1 at 22:00 every Monday night, don't forget that you can also listen back to each of our programmes any time you like at www.rte.ie/mooney. There, you will ...

Invasive species are a threat to biodiversity, causing damage to local ecosystems and, potentially, economic loss. Once a non-native species has arrived in a new habitat, the conditions have to be ...

Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences, which has produced a trio of modern-day dire wolves and the woolly mouse, seeks to bring back extinct species.

Orchid Mantis. Image by Pavel Kirillov from St.Petersburg, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Orchid ...

Is it an alien or just a bizarre insect? Join me as I investigate this strange creature and uncover the truth behind its mysterious appearance. Daines’s last-minute retirement maneuver leaves Capitol ...

There’s no denying the allure of alien artifacts. Science fiction is awash in the material remnants of extraterrestrial civilizations, which surface in everything from the classic books of Arthur C.