NATURE

Trilobites and shellfish were among the first to evolve a hard skeleton.

The elephants became stuck in a mud hole inside the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary.

The category 4 storm has already crossed Whitsunday Islands, Proserpine, Bowen, Mackay and Hayman Islands.

Former colliery sites have become increasingly important places for wildlife.

Feeding habits are more closely linked to brain size than social behaviours.

Scientists plan to do research in the Cape York Peninsula after 'sightings' of the extinct carnivore were reported.

The storm is expected to turn into a category 4 cyclone as it hits Queensland towns on 28 March.

About 60 high schools students were on a mountaineering trip when the avalanche struck in Tochigi prefecture.

An amazing array of geckoes evolved in the deserts of Australia after the mass extinction.

The "Flight of the Lights" took off for the Antarctic Circle with 130 passengers on board.

The 7.8 magnitude earthquake saw 12 faults rupturing up to 15km apart.

Whenever crocodiles and humans overlap, there will be a risk of attack – but culling is not the answer.

It is unclear yet what impact the deaths will have on monkeys' social organisations in the forest.

Another look at the evolutionary history of dinosaurs resolves a long-standing puzzle about birds' earliest ancestors.

Tool use appears to be a predisposed skill sea otters have gained over time.

The exceptionally preserved creature was named in honour of David Attenborough.

The female died after a second round of surgery to remove the coins which gave her intestinal problems.

"This is how nightmares and chicken nuggets are born," one Twitter user wrote.

Kea parrots produce a 'play call' which leads other parrots to become playful.

Males of an ancient species of damselfly had very fancy legs, which they used to impress females.

Devastating decline in apian populations across the world is result of three factors, Prof Dave Goulson of Bumblebee Conservation Trust and Sussex University tells IBTimes UK.

Lee De Paauw managed to punch the crocodile away and got away with arm injuries.

Lake Elsinore, Diamond Valley Lake and Chino Hills State Park have all experienced a sudden explosion of wildflowers after dry weather gave way to heavy rain.

The chemical origins of fluorescence are molecules known as hyloins.

Land donated by Kristine McDivitt Tompkins will form part of a network of 17 national parks

A female was spotted grooming the body of her adopted son, who had died from a lung infection.

Ho Van Lang was taken into the jungle by his father at the height of the Vietnam War and lived there until 2013.

It may be possible to maintain polar bear harvest in the Arctic without causing more harm to polar bears.

A tourist stumbled across the scene in Kenya.