Specimen from 1983 lay forgotten at Natural History Museum until recently, when spotted by a volunteer and identified as new genus

Living scientist Dr Mark Harvey reaches rare milestone of naming 1000 species of invertebrates.

A fossil from about 66 million years ago reveals a species of dinosaur that is new to science, with claws that would have ripped through its prey's flesh

Brain size may be influenced by the cognitive demands of sociality (social brain hypothesis). We used microCT to compare CNS and brain volumes in social versus solitary huntsman and crab spiders. Soc...

The Board of The Australian Entomological Society (AES) is calling for nominations from eligible Members of AES for the vacant positions of Member Elected Director.

Murujuga has more than one million petroglyphs, some up to 50,000 years old. The North West Shelf extension places them at risk.

Severe weather warning for areas further south as 48,000 stranded and water levels at their highest for 100 years * Australia news live: latest politics updates * NSW floods map: record-breaking rain in charts and maps * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The death toll in the New South Wales flood disaster has risen to four after a man’s body was found in a car in flood waters near Coffs Harbour on Friday morning. Police said a passing driver saw a vehicle that had run off the Orara Way at Nana Glen about 30km from Coffs Harbour. Officers found the body of a man, believed to be in his 70s, inside. Police said he appeared to be the only occupant of the vehicle. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Guardian readers around the world voted in the this year’s contest, but which creature won, asks natural history writer Patrick Barkham

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Some of the country’s most loved native species, including the koala and the hairy-nosed wombat, are on the brink. Is this their last chance at survival?

48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

Questions remain over whether further action will be taken after resignations and calls for the Tesla CEO to be expelled

A photograph of a short-eared owl mid-flight was the last Instagram post biology professor Carl Bergstrom shared before announcing his departure from the platform Jan. 10.

Natural History Museum Denmark, Faculty of Science, the University of Copenhagen is looking for a full-time Molecular Biology Lab Manager, to start 1st June 202

Subject description The project will use a comparative functional genomes approach to study a species-rich group of moths, Noctuidae (Lepidoptera). Noctuidae have both a huge negative and positive imp