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 ...

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, ...

Mass extinctions have radically influenced the history of life on Earth. Will we eventually succumb to such a catastrophe? Perhaps, but, in her new book Scatter, Adapt, and Remember, io9 editor in ...

At a time when Earth was going through massive environmental changes and most species were wiped out by Siberian volcanic eruptions, some animals actually managed to survive the chaos. During this ...

When faced with the hardship of frigid weather, some animals have a built-in survival mode: sleep. Hibernation-like behavior in the Antarctic Circle may date back 250 million years, new fossil records ...