Zoology
Discovered in the deep: the extraordinary sawshark with a weapon-like snout
With the help of fishers in Madagascar and Tanzania, scientists named two new species of rare sixgill sawsharks
Helen Scales
07, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM
Discovered in the deep: is this the world’s longest animal?
A submersible off the coast of Western Australia chanced upon a 45-metre-long deep-sea siphonophore arranged in a feeding spiral, trailing its deadly tentacles
Helen Scales
30, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM
‘The sheer scale is extraordinary’: meet the titanosaur that dwarfs Dippy the diplodocus
One of the largest creatures to have walked the Earth is to become the Natural History Museum’s new star attraction
Robin McKie Science Editor
26, Nov, 2022 @1:00 PM
Discovered in the deep: the squid that makes a decoy out of its own skin
Self-camouflage is just one of the tricks of Brenner’s bobtail squid, a newly found species that is also helping research into microbes in the human gut
Helen Scales
23, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM
Tyrannosaurus rex skull expected to fetch £13m at US auction
Fossil named Maximus unearthed in South Dakota rated one of most complete T rex skulls ever found
Rupert Neate
08, Nov, 2022 @4:31 PM
Discovered in the deep: the rainbow fish that’s born female and becomes male
Scientists in the Maldives were only able to reach the rose-veiled fairy wrasse by using specialised diving gear
Helen Scales
19, Oct, 2022 @5:00 AM
Discovered in the deep: the ‘forest of the weird’
More than a mile beneath the Pacific Ocean, is a seascape of oddly shaped corals and a glass sponge named after ET
Helen Scales
11, Oct, 2022 @5:00 AM
Discovered in the deep: the sea cucumber that lives a jellyfish life
The Pelagothuria natatrix is an extremely rare species of sea cucumber – with a gelatinous body, it spends most of its time swimming
Helen Scales
03, Oct, 2022 @5:00 AM
Discovered in the deep: the crustacean with eyes for a head
Shrimp-like Cystisoma are protected from predators by being virtually invisible – thanks to unique retina and a body that casts almost no shadow
Helen Scales
14, Sep, 2022 @5:30 AM
Discovered in the deep: the ‘Elvis worms’ that sparkle in the darkness
In 2020, scientists found sparkling Peinaleopolynoe on hydothermal vents in the eastern Pacific – and were irresistibly reminded of the king of rock’n’roll
Helen Scales
07, Sep, 2022 @5:00 AM
Male dolphins form lifelong bonds that help them find mates, research finds
In behaviour only previously seen in humans, ‘social brain’ helps dolphins form complex alliances to see off their rivals for females
Sofia Quaglia
29, Aug, 2022 @7:00 PM
‘The whole embryo was there’: expert makes rare find on Sheffield museum opening day
Dean Lomax identifies probably oldest known vertebrate embryo from UK at Yorkshire Natural History Museum
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
15, Aug, 2022 @2:40 PM
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