Our planet is full of incredible animals, and new creatures are being discovered every year. The way that animals have adapted to survive is fascinating, with some developing close relationships with ...

All species on Earth, both living and extinct, are related. We know this because of a biological tool called the tree of life. This "tree" takes the form of a diagram that maps the relationships ...

In recent years, Archaea's connection to us has been pretty huge and surprising. The unexpected discovery of an entirely new domain of life was pretty huge and surprising - even if archaea do just ...

Merlin Sheldrake, a biologist and author, is doing his best to show the world all the amazing things fungi can do to benefit life on a damaged planet. By Tatiana Schlossberg About 500 million years ...

What does an ecologist do? Ecologists are life scientists who specialise in studying ecosystems and the relationships between organisms and environments within those ecosystems. They study ecosystems ...

Luke Dunning receives funding from The Natural Environment Research Council. Lara Pereira and Pauline Raimondeau do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...