A lightning strike was an extinction-level event for a massive animatronic dinosaur at an amusement park. See what happened.

Tropical ecosystems rely on the infrastructure provided by termites. These insects supply plants with vital nutrients by ...

Mass extinction events are defined by a 75% loss in total species. These events can take tens of thousands to several million years. Experts are alarmed at today’s “unprecedented” population abundance ...

In school, we learned about the asteroid that wiped out an estimated 76% of all creatures. Scientists now call this the fifth mass extinction. You’re reading that correctly: throughout Earth’s history ...

Scientists have finally cracked a long-standing mystery about squid and cuttlefish evolution by analyzing newly sequenced genomes alongside global datasets. The research reveals that these bizarre, ...

Every single Alborn skink believed to be alive today is in one isolated, five-hectare wetland in New Zealand. “We’re at a really critical moment for the future of this beautiful little lizard and that ...

Researchers studying a 250-million-year-old fossil have found the first ever proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs, with the discovery also shedding light on a remarkable survival story. The fossil, ...

Sky News political contributor Chris Ulhmann discusses the latest Newspoll survey which shows One Nation leading in Queensland. “It will drive politics in a different direction over the long term,” Mr ...

Only the skeleton is left of the "longest animatronic dinosaur ever built" after it was struck by lightning and caught fire.

While the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has sent oil prices soaring, with the national average cost for a tank of gas recently eclipsing $4, experts are now forecasting $6-per-gallon prices as early ...

For the second year in a row, US President Donald Trump has proposed significant cuts to the budgets of major US science agencies. Released Friday, the White House’s plan for federal spending next ...