Liverpool is not one of the "blue zones" - a term used for regions of the world where people tend to live unusually long lives, such as parts of ...

Hundreds of thousands of marine animals are killed every year after becoming accidentally caught in commercial fishing nets. Sharks, skates and rays are at particular risk, alongside turtles, seals, ...

Neanderthals disappeared from the fossil record approximately 40,000 years ago. Their extinction was a gradual process over thousands of years, and theories as to why include competition with modern ...

Last month, Cassiopea andromeda, more commonly known as the upside-down jellyfish, were found to have similar sleep patterns to humans—but they do not have brains. Like humans, Cassiopea andromeda ...