In 1799, George Shaw, a curator in the natural history department of the British Museum, received a strange skin in the mail.

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Known locally as lik­weli, the newly described African monkey has black fur and produces loud, roar-like vocalisations.

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The animal in question also has a fleshy bill, webbed feet and sharp claws.

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Humans and sea stars have something in common – here’s why it matters to scientists studying organ development.

That was the extraordinary approach taken in AD 819 by Han Yu, one of China's greatest writers and a senior official of the Tang dynasty. Newly appointed to govern Chaozhou in southern China, Han ...

In a clip from the BBC’s Wonders of the Solar System, Brian Cox visits an ‘alien’ within a cave that’s a death trap for ...

This means that, in some cases, the monarchs returning in the spring will be the ‘great-great-grandchildren’ of those that ...

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Driver ants attack everything unfortunate enough to wind up in their path – and this unlucky slug is in for a tough day.