Two tiny marsupials once written off as extinct for around 6,000 or even 7,000 years have been found alive in dense ...

Found in New Guinea, both animals were only known from the fossil record and thought to be extinct for thousands of years.

While you may not frequently visit humid environments, such as rainforests, the animal life in damp locations may look a bit ...

Working with international collaborators, the team discovered the black rat (Rattus rattus), an invasive species commonly found in cities and towns, had a gut microbiome more similar to the native ...

Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham.View full profile Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry ...

Typical animals in the lowland rainforest of the Amazon: On the left, the palm-sized dung beetle Coprophanaeus lancifer, which appears to be sensitive to low temperatures. On the right, the Brazilian ...

As urban development continues to creep further into Earth's oldest and most diverse rainforests, a study reveals native and invasive small mammals aren't just adapting to their changing habitats -- ...

Illustration of the occurrence/co-occurrence patterns of the four focal small mammal species across the urban–rural gradient in Borneo. Dotted lines show the estimated relative occurrence ...