NATURE

"This is potentially the best thing I've ever filmed."

Now in its 12th year, the international competition received almost 10,000 entries from 74 different countries around the globe.

Scientists found a peanut worm, a flesh eating crustacean and a sea pig 4,000 metres down under the sea.

Dazzling jewel scarabs are related to the scarabs worshipped in Ancient Egypt.

Big shark circled boat and at one point attempted to take a bite at the craft's motor.

How do ground spiders capture prey larger than them?

Fossils discovered in southern Australia reveal that the enormous bird was capable of flight.

Three hilly districts of Rangamati, Chittagong and Bandarban are the worst affected.

The Marine Conservation Science Institute said the injuries 'would likely not kill the shark'.

The health of the juvenile whale deteriorated as attempts to refloat it failed due to poor weather conditions.

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim will also join in working towards ending the use of gillnets that endanger the local species.

Researchers have said the volcano is due a much bigger eruption in the next few decades.

Scientists remotely control a living insect's flight by physically placing a high-tech backpack-like tool on an insect.

Phenomenon known as a 'haboob' left buildings, cars and residents covered in thick blanket of sand.

Several of the animals have died in recent years in similar circumstances.

Psychological analysis of CCTV footage could overturn our ideas of how people react to crimes.

The new species has been dubbed Luskhan itilensis, meaning the Master Spirit.

The aviation colour code was raised to red following the 55-minute eruption.

"We take care of the elephants, and the elephants are taking care of us," says Rimland Lemojong, a Samburu warrior turned elephant caretaker.

Known locally as Gilligan, the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin was found dead in Western Australia.

Scientists have been puzzling over what makes some rocks float for years.

A cold spell in the Earth's recent history triggered a period of unprecedented gigantism in the oceans.

A tooth of the dinosaur was discovered at Owl Creek.

A nearby beach was closed in April after a shark attacked a woman in the water.

Bushland that nearly 180 koalas could have inhabited has been destroyed within two years.

A mother killer whale and her calf were spotted off San Juan Island in Washington.

Not all scientists are convinced – men's preference for it could come from watching a lot of porn.

Women have been defending the stork and encouraging the community to respect and preserve the unusual bird.

It was discovered on the island of Oahu.