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Two University of Manchester astronomers have been awarded some of the Royal Astronomical Society’s (RAS) most prestigious prizes for their research and work in the field. ...

A nearly metre-long skull of a giant fossil marine ichthyosaur found in a farmer’s field more than 60 years ago has been studied for the first time.   ...

An international team led by researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered why some plants “live fast and die young” while others have long and healthy lives.   ...

Known as the ‘Icon of Evolution’ and ‘the missing link’ between dinosaurs and birds, Archaeopteryx has become one of the most famous fossil discoveries in Palaeontology. ...

Dinosaurs could thrive and survive in Earth’s prehistoric, oxygen-thin atmosphere due to having lungs like birds a new study has found. ...

Manchester-based Volcanologists have developed a method and camera that could help reduce the dangers, health risks and travel impacts of ash plumes during a volcanic eruption. ...

The University has played an important role in a successful marine expedition to the deep waters of the Red Sea off Sudan. ...

Colleagues from SEES asked 'what's in your water?' as part of Blastfest 2018 at Manchester Caribbean Carnival. ...

Staff from SEES recently visited Myanmar to deliver workshops on freshwater ecology; it proved an important cultural exchange. ...

The University of Manchester has teamed up with the UK’s number one zoo to help prevent the extinction of threatened species across the planet. ...

The origin of organic matter found in meteorites that formed during the birth of the Solar System 4.5 billion years ago may provide key clues to understanding the birth of life here on Earth.   ...

The recent heatwave and drought could be having a deeper, more negative effect on soil than we first realised say scientists. ...

Staff in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences have secured funding, as part of a Faculty competition, for four projects to support its social responsibility agenda. ...

Scientists have used powerful X-rays to peer inside the skeletons of some of our oldest vertebrate relatives, solving a 160-year-old mystery about the origin of our skeletons.   ...

A team of researchers from The University of Manchester and other universities have attended Evidence Week in Parliament to discuss issues around air quality with parliamentarians, before a House of Commons debate on the matter. ...

Breakthrough research has revealed the British Isles were repeatedly submerged under an ice sheet extending to the centre of the North Sea over a million years earlier than previously thought.   ...

Scientists are using the latest in 4D technology to predict the behaviour of lava flows and its implications for volcanic eruptions. ...

A first year PhD student from The University of Manchester will join a full-month long expedition to the Arctic Ocean to measure the impact of climate change on the region’s marine life. ...

Scientists have unlocked the secrets of how some predatory spiders catch their prey while hunting by successfully training one to jump different distances and heights for the first time. The study, conducted by researchers at *The University of Ma...

The 205 million-year-old jaw bone of a prehistoric reptile belongs to ‘one of the largest animals ever’ say a group of international palaeontologists. The new discovery has also solved a 150 year old mystery of supposed ‘dinosaur bones’ from the U...

Palaeontologists have discovered part of the skeleton of a 180 million-year-old pregnant ichthyosaur with the remains of between six and eight tiny embryos between its ribs.   ...

A comprehensive new study looking at variations in Ichthyosaurus, a common British Jurassic ichthyosaur (sea-going reptile) also known as ‘Sea Dragons’, has provided important information into recognizing new fossil species. ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester are using computer simulations of chimpanzees to improve not only our understanding of how the animals walk, but also the technology we use to do it. ...

The tiny fossil of a prehistoric baby bird is helping scientists understand how early avians came into the world in the Age of Dinosaurs. ...

The University of Manchester is taking its greenhouse construction to the next level by building extensive state-of-the-art facilities for research purposes.  ...

The common traits of spiders are well known to everyone – they have eight legs, multiple eyes and can spin webs – but a recent fossil discovery and new research now shows that spiders once had long 'whip-like' tails. ...

A rare 200 million-year-old ichthyosaur specimen has been discovered in a private collection 22 years after it was originally found. The fossil is only the second example of Wahlisaurus massarae, a new species of ichthyosaur discovered by The Univ...

Using ‘next generation’ DNA sequencing scientists have found that the famous ‘Two Brothers’ mummies of the Manchester Museum have different fathers so are, in fact, half-brothers.   ...

Sea Dragon, you ask? It sounds as if David Attenborough has decided to change things up a bit and enter the world of Game of Thrones. But, not quite. Attenborough and the Sea Dragon – to be screened on January 7 – is a new, one-off BBC documentary pr...