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Oldest animals on Earth found in northern Norway

Researchers in Finnmark, Norway’s northernmost county, might also have found the answer to what happened to the first animal-like organisms – when our planet turned into a ‘snowball’ 600 million years ago.

Norwegian researchers with a new discovery: This thunderstorm bubbles and boils with radioactive radiation

Who pooped – 250 million years ago?

Methane leaks from cracks in the Barents Sea seabed

The first alien planets were discovered in the 1990s. What have we learned?

How do you assemble a dinosaur?

Applied for a job at NASA at the age of 12 – now she's set to become Norway's first astronaut

Is it possible that volcanoes existed on the Moon far later than previously believed?

When this popular vacation spot was reduced to extremely salty lakes

From headlines to criticism of study on deep-sea oxygen production

Some wolverines travel great distances during their lifetime

The deep sea: Researchers found mud volcanoes and collected hundreds of small creatures

The Natural History Museum of Norway acquires two new dinosaurs

This beetle lives only in Norway, on an endangered flower

Unique find: The oldest fossil of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere

Soy is used in pizza, stews, chocolate icing, and vegetarian food. What's so special about this super bean?

How can an ordinary lawn become a wildflower meadow?

Why do we have consciousness? Researchers are deeply divided

Researchers searched for mammoth remains in Lillehammer. Here’s how it went

Do dinosaur bones turn to stone?

They all hang out together, but family is most important for Norwegian orcas

On the hunt for mammoth remains in Norway

You live your life mostly in nitrogen – without even thinking about it

All sperm whales off the Norwegian coasts are males. Their lives are far more interesting than we imagined

What do pigs and birds have in common?

How do frogs survive the winter?

Why is there so much methane in the atmosphere right now?

This is what a bed bug expert does every time he stays at a hotel

Museums should never make collections like these again

Giant lasers will capture waves in space: The idea was considered crazy 30 years ago

The world's oldest known ice can be found here

Norwegian instrument on Mars confirms that this is an ancient lake

Norway strongly criticised in Nature editorial for approving seabed mining

Wood burning: Researcher's 10 tips for getting the most out of each log

Why do dogs eat poop?

What did dinosaurs actually sound like?

Do great white sharks exist off the coast of Norway?

What exactly is the Gulf Stream?

The history of anaesthesiology is full of bitter conflicts and deadly experiments

Massive snowfall and unusually freezing temperatures in Norway – why is this happening now?

What do mushrooms do during winter?

This is how whales nurse underwater

Volcanoes in Norway: Oslo was an inferno 300 million years ago

Norway will get its first real, complete dinosaur skeleton next year

Volcanic eruption triggered by earthquakes in Iceland

This Arctic fox will help save its species

Here’s how valuable resources can be extracted from the seabed: “There's a goldmine out there”

After thousands of years apart, wild and domesticated cats are now having kittens

The seabed at a depth of 1,500 metres could be opened for possible mining. What's it like down there?

Our homes have become too hot for potted plants

Reindeer in Svalbard are inbred. Is this a problem?

What would the forest be like if we weren't around?

Why Norway has banned the breeding of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels

Researchers have managed to extract RNA from an extinct animal

A new bird has been found on Bear Island

Swine fever in Sweden is spreading. Norway offers bounty for reporting sick and dead wild boars

Do we really need to pick up dog poop?

Surprise discovery: Researchers caught moose eating faeces

The secret lives of slugs: Where do they hide and why do the come out after rain?

Why are pictures of space so colourful?

Can you smell that it's going to rain?

If your best friend moves to Mars, how difficult would it be to talk to each other?

There are many strange poops in the animal kingdom

New space telescope will shed light on dark sides of the universe

Here's what researchers encountered in Norway's deepest hole

New tool can quickly reveal special parts of a genome

Mark drove from the Netherlands to Norway for a new cancer treatment to save Misty the dog

Chance discovery provided fantastic images of ancient lizard fossils

Where does space begin?

Does smell disappear? Or does our planet become more and more smelly every day?

Scientists have once again found mysterious holes in the deep sea

How to safely grow food plants at home