A relative of the cane toad, which has devastated wildlife in Australia, has invaded Madagascar and could cause ecological disaster, scientists warn.

A parasitic wasp has evolved its own zinc-tipped drill bit to bore into fruit in order to lay its eggs, scientists reveal.

Large ocean waves can travel through sea ice for hundreds of km before their oscillations are finally dampened, scientists have shown.

The fossilised tooth of a prehistoric crocodile is recorded as the largest of its kind found in the UK.

To help them hide from deadly flies, male crickets on two Hawaiian islands have separately evolved an inability to sing, biologists report.