After two shark attacks rattled a remote Atlantic island community, researchers discovered something surprising: the real conflict wasn't just about bites. Fear, uncertainty, and changing ocean patterns drove 90% of residents to avoid the water. Now, scientists are proving that successful shark conservation requires more than marine protection—it demands understanding human anxiety, providing clear information, and giving communities a voice in protecting these threatened pre

What happens when parents barely stick around to teach their kids? Great tit songbirds have figured it out. New research shows these fledglings learn critical survival skills not from Mom and Dad, but from their siblings and other adults. With only 10 days of parental care, 94% of young birds master foraging by watching their brothers and sisters—revealing an unexpected pathway for learning when parental guidance runs short.

A flock of multiple species of seabirds on the Southern Ocean. Credit:Fernando Anido It’s a scene straight out of a nature documentary: in the icy waters around Antarctica, seabirds dive from above while seals and whales surge from below, all feasting on clouds of krill. Yet zooming out, this burst of life is just a small moment in a vast, frozen wilderness. Scientists have long wondered—how do so many species manage to find the same food source, in such a harsh and empty env

A drone photo taken on Aug. 5, 2025 shows China's research icebreaker Xuelong 2 breaking the ice to lead the way in the Arctic Ocean....

A Brazilian skateboarder set a world record as he turned 22-storey skyscraper into giant ramp

Bees and butterflies help produce our food by pollinating the crops farmers grow. In fact, 35% of the world's food crops, including...

The M7004 Autonomous tractor by Kubota offers farmers a hands-free solution to precision farming. Equipped with GPS guidance, and smart...

Rider completes world's first motorbike backflip between two moving trucks German freestyle motocross rider ‪‪Luc Ackermann achieved this...

Birds of feather don’t always flock together, despite the adage. A recent study published in the Journal of Raptor Research tells the...

Illustration from the early 14th-century chivalric romance, the Prose Lancelot A centuries-old literary mystery that has baffled scholars...

Ionic liquid-based cellulose fiber (Image by IPE) The world’s first thousand-ton-scale production facility for regenerated cellulose...

The digital fossil-mining method utilizes grinding tomography to create digitized rocks and reveal hidden fossils within them (Ikegami et...

Archaeologists from The University of Manchester have played a key role in the rediscovery of the ancient Egyptian city of Imet, located...

Solutions+, a prominent UAE-based consultancy specializing in digital solutions and shared services and fully owned by Mubadala, has...

(From the left: Guinness World Records Official Adjudicator; Daikin Senior Manager of the Expo Committee Secretariat, Human Resources...

A group of archaeologists has uncovered the burial of a woman aged between 20 and 35 at the Huaca de los Ídolos, a ceremonial structure...

During its current excavation season at the Tel Abu Saifi site in North Sinai, the Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme...

Kach Kouch is located ten kilometres from the present-day coast, near the Strait of Gibraltar, and thirty kilometres southeast of...

On the evening of March 31st, Longgang in Shenzhen became the backdrop for a remarkable showcase of innovation and creativity. Filmbase’s...

Our archaeologists have excavated one of the largest and most important Iron Age finds in the UK. The Melsonby Hoard, discovered near the...

The fossil was initially discovered in 1973, making it the earliest known dinosaur find in Scotland. However, it wasn’t fully identified...

A University of Queensland researcher has confirmed a boulder at a regional school contains one of the highest concentrations of dinosaur...

Flagstones enclosure seen shortly after construction in the middle Neolithic period. Reconstruction by Jennie Anderson New research...

The Eridu region in southern Mesopotamia was occupied from the sixth until the early first millennium BC, and its archaeological...

Curtin University researchers have discovered  the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our...

Panel including representatives of permanent missions in Geneva (Italy, Mexico, Kenya, Vanuatu, Slovenia, India and the Kingdom of Saudi...

The ancient peoples of the Philippines and of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) may have built sophisticated boats and mastered seafaring tens...

Situated at more than one mile water depth, the NEOM brine pools host an unrivaled 2,000-year recordof rainfall and flashfloods in...

One of the severed heads found at Ullastret. © MAC-Ullastret a De Prado, 2015 A study led by the UAB at the sites of Puig Castellar and...

An Old Paleolithic hand axe (Photo Ella Egberts) Ella Egberts (VUB), Jaafar Jotheri (University of Al-Qadisiyah) and Andreas Nymark...

An international team of researchers led by IPHES-CERCA and the CSIC has identified new conclusive evidence of cultural cannibalism...

The Roman and British coins, Image: ©RMO In the autumn of 2023, 404 coins of silver and gold from the beginning of the era were found in...

There is a long-documented problem of inequalities in mathematics education across the United States and in other countries around the...

The Bayeux Tapestry, showing King Harold riding to Bosham, where he attends church and feasts in a hall, The Society of Antiquaries of...

led by Dr Brett Lewis  from the QUT School of Atmospheric and Earth Sciences  and Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program , and published...

Begonia pingxiangensis (image by XI Houcheng) Begonia is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Begoniaceae, comprising more...

Comparison between Charlemagne’s burial shroud (left) and Henry III silk bag (right). The discovery has been revealed in the December...

The aim of the programme is to help children cope with social and emotional problems and have better mental health. A randomised...

According to researchers at the University of Birmingham, the amount of offending in night-time economy and outdoor settings dropped...

Scientists have described a new species of procolophonid reptile The fossilised lizard was found in Cromhall Quarry, southwest England...

Excavation site at Shakhi Kora. Copyright Sirwan Regional Project Excavations at an ancient Iraqi site called Shakhi Kora have revealed...

The plant morphology of Zhongbai (image by NIEER) Recently, a new variety of edible lily, the "Zhongbai No. 1", bred by the Northwest...

The Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute (Ingemmet) within the framework of the III Symposium – I International Congress of...

Since 2009, Bahra 1 has been a focal point for archaeological research, a collaboration between Kuwait’s National Council of Culture,...

300 people dying in poverty every single day in the UK More than 1 in 5 of all people are dying in fuel poverty – including 110,000...

A Loughborough University lecturer believes the construction industry can learn from the downfall of a music-sharing platform more than...

Serge Mathot, CERN applied physicist, and Tessa Charles, accelerator physicist from ANSTO, performing the first experiment with the mini...

Dr Tessa Charles, Dr Serge Mathot, Dr Maxim Korostelev, Prof Jamie Hampson, and Dr Courtney Nimura The development of the world’s first...

Cooking is a key source of indoor air pollution and, while plenty of research has been done to show the energy-efficiencies available...

In April 2024, NASA scientist Chad Greene flew aboard a Gulfstream III  with a team of engineers, monitoring a radar instrument as it...