Far bigger than any dog that walks the earth today, Epicyon haydeni dominated North America for millions of years before it ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

Chemical analysis suggests the 400-million-year-old fossil Prototaxites was neither plant, animal or fungus – hinting at a ...

Climate change is also driving penguins to colonize new areas, or to stay in regions longer than they normally would, ...

But named he was. And labeled a predator, with his name and photograph displayed on a board in the chamber during the speech last month that was televised and available online. Mace accused her ex ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

It is aimed at stopping terrorism and radicalisation, but devastating attacks and high-profile reviews have meant Prevent has been under scrutiny since it started. The government programme has ...

As the old adage goes, “When it rains, it pours.” This is precisely the case for residents and businesses of the embattled Ditsobotla Local Municipality in the North West. Violent clashes have ...

Famously, the Megalodon was the biggest shark in the world, and one of the most powerful predators to have ever lived. Formally called Otodus megalodon, it is commonly portrayed as a gigantic ...

The predator could help control booming numbers of roe deer, supporters of the plan have argued. The Labrador-sized Eurasian lynx was once native to Scotland but was driven to extinction some 500 ...