More information: Georgios L Georgalis et al, The world's largest worm lizard: a new giant trogonophid (Squamata: Amphisbaenia) with extreme dental adaptations from the Eocene of Chambi ...

Paleontologists have revealed a giant new species of prehistoric "worm lizard" with a powerful bite that is the largest of its kind found to date. The newly identified creature, named ...

Johann P. Klages [Opens in a new window], ...

Signed in 1959 and effective since 1961, the Antarctic Treaty is a landmark international agreement that designates Antarctica as a continent dedicated to peace and science. Its purpose is to ...

A British scientist died after being attacked by a huge seal while snorkelling in the Antarctic. Marine biologist Kirsty Brown, 28, was studying the movement of icebergs when the animal struck ...

Antarctic krill trap vast amounts of carbon ... but were unaware of the sheer scale. New research has now revealed just how much: Krill can store at least 20 million metric tons of carbon in ...

A large, reproductive population of giant king crabs have been discovered in deep waters off Antarctica, prompting fears for the biodiversity of ecosystems there. The crabs, Neolithodes yaldwyni are ...

A giant worm that eats penises and feeds them to its offspring has been found at a public aquarium in the UK. Staff at The Deep in Hull recently discovered a 1m/39" specimen while moving rocks in one ...

Springer Nature They specifically found that the worm, which is the pupae of an Alphitobius ... that will address plastic waste on a larger scale,” Khamis wrote. “Instead of releasing a ...