Science

DOLPHINS are the only animals besides humans that give themselves names, a zoologist says. They have crafted a way of...

A DINOSAUR-obsessed five-year-old had the find of a lifetime after spotting a 100 million-year-old fossil on the beach. Little Henry...

CLOWNFISH can count to determine whether other fish are friend or foe, research suggests. Experiments found they appear to ­identify...

STEREOTYPING stoners as dull and unmotivated is unfair, scientists say. Cannabis smokers are just as likely to enjoy time with...

BLOOD-sucking bedbugs and “porn star” fleas are set for a population explosion in homes. A mild winter followed by a...

CAVEMEN carried out medical amputations more than 30,000 years ago — and the patients survived, scientists have discovered. The prehistoric...

HUMANS evolved from an armoured shark that lived 439 million years ago, researchers claim. Scientists reckon the bizarre beast could...

BRITAIN is bracing itself for a praying mantis invasion. The insects, commonly found in France, have already been tracked to...

SCIENTISTS are questioning if aliens really exist, a question that has caused debate and controversy among humans for centuries. The US...

WEALTHY businessman Percival Lowell was a 19th-century astronomer who claimed to have found the ninth planet, although scientists have claimed...