Pterosaurs were able to fly thanks to large sail-like “vanes” at the ends of their tails, palaeontologists have discovered. Researchers have long puzzled over how the winged reptiles – the ...

The mystery location of a giant volcanic eruption that occurred almost 200 years ago has finally been solved thanks to ash traces preserved in ice cores. In 1831, famous German composer Felix ...

HOW much time did you lose mindless swiping down social media feeds today? How about this week, over the month, or even the whole year? Ugh. It's probably a shocking number, higher than you'd like ...

Why Mongolia should be your next wellness escape Barren yet beautiful, the moonscapes of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert are an alluring world of steppes, boreal forest, sand and rock. Here, visitors can ...

Pterosaurs evolved active flight over 230 million years ago. The discovery of Melkamter pateko in Argentina suggests pterodactyloids originated earlier and in inland habitats, feeding on insects. This ...

Easily beating the human race is the giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus), with up to 100 teeth. This number is highly variable between individuals and is not world-beating, but is still ...