A new sulfated triterpene glycoside from the sea cucumber Colochirus quadrangularis, and evaluation of its antifungal, antitumor and immunomodulatory activities.

Venom is one of nature’s most potent weapons, used by various creatures for hunting, self-defense, and survival. While some venomous animals can inflict severe pain, others can deliver a lethal dose ...

More than 99% of all living species have gone extinct. Whole time periods are buried in layers of rock and sediment and, with it, libraries of information about Earth’s history and what came before us ...

Adam’s favourite is the tree-like Magnolia campbellii that grows up to 30 metres tall, with huge pink flowers. As for one he wishes he didn’t have? “A plant I wish had never been introduced ...

A discovery of the articulating hip, thigh, and shin bones of Paranthropus robustus, has revealed the story of a young female, the smallest known adult hominin yet to be found, who habitually ...

One of the two arriving strangers, a man named Lowetz, who grew up here, has a name for this average, brain-eating yet brainless citizen: Homo robustus. (He longs for the appearance of a more ...

New fossil discoveries in South Africa's Swartkrans Cave shed new light on the physical characteristics and lifestyle of Paranthropus robustus, a species of prehistoric human that lived about two ...

Of all the animals in the world, both on the land and in the sea, there are none bigger than the blue whale. This giant cetacean dates back as early as 1.5 million years ago and has roamed the seas ...