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animals

Type specimen of Hanyusuchus sinensis from the Bronze Age of China (above), and life restoration (below: drawn by Hikaru Amemiya).

Life

A 6-metre-long crocodile relative lived in China during the Bronze Age

A large species of gharial, an animal closely related to crocodiles, roamed China 3000 years ago, but was probably driven extinct by humans

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The parthenogenetic mouse and the offspring. The parthenogenetic mouse was generated by targeted epigenetic rewriting of multiple imprinting control regions. The parthenogenetic mouse exhibited normal reproductive performance as an adult.

Life

Mouse pups born from unfertilised eggs through genetic manipulation

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The 'Cambrian explosion' saw the emergence of many animals we recognise today

Earth

Burst of animal evolution altered chemical make-up of Earth's mantle

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Three giant oak trees in natural forest among juvenile hornbeam, Bialowieza Forest, Poland, Europe

Life

Virus outbreak in wild boars led to more oak trees in Polish forest

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View of the Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), a large natural history museum containing the skeleton of the Tyrannosaur

Life

Tyrannosaurus rex may actually be three separate species

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This photo shows an adult female elephant seal returning from her 7-month foraging migration to breed on the beach at A?o Nuevo Reserve.

Life

Elephant seals seem to have precise mental maps for navigating home

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E8KPEP This Aedes aegypti female was from strain of mosquitoes named LVP-IB12, an acronym representing fact that these mosquitoes were

Life

Mosquitoes learn to avoid pesticides after just one non-lethal dose

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Some humpback whales travel 6000 kilometres in search of a mate

Life

Some humpback whales travel 6000 kilometres in search of a mate

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Three kookaburras sitting on steel post with rainbow in the background

Life

1 in 3 birds tested at an Australian animal hospital have chlamydia

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Cotton whitefly Bemisia tabaci adults male female

Life

Whiteflies have acquired dozens of genes from plants they eat

A major crop pest has 50 genes that appear to originate from plants, and it might use them to detoxify plants’ chemical defences

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Life

A tiny change to an inner ear bone led bats to evolve into two groups

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Life

Some bee colonies have to kill thousands of ‘selfish’ wannabe queens

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Technology

AI can spot wounded wild animals and poachers in camera trap footage

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Life

Hybrid animal in 4500-year-old tomb is earliest known bred by humans

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