The enormous plant-eating rodents had a bite equal in strength to a tigers.

Researchers at the University of Texas have made a breakthrough with one-atom-thick layers of silicine which holds the promise of creating faster, more powerful computers.

Seafood fraud has become a multi-billion dollar business, but new handheld devices to test RNA could make it much more difficult.

While unusual, the discovery provides further proof that Charles Darwin’s theories are correct.

The distant moon, with miles deep oceans covered in thick sheets of ice may be the best bet for finding extraterrestrial life in our solar system.

Scientists think fish discovered under an ice shelf in Antarctica may demonstrate how life could exist on Jupiter’s moon.

The small rabbit relatives hide in the summer heat and summers are becoming longer and warmer.

An annual report by China’s environment ministry shows widespread air pollution problems, but the news isn’t all bad.

One researcher says that human activity has resulted in a 10-fold increase in levels of mercury, which can stunt the development of the brain and nervous system in humans.