NATURE

The tree reaches a height of 94.1m and was first seen from a helicopter.

Zoo currently has 500 eggs of the critically endangered Lord Howe Island stick insect.

The discovery could help medical researchers tackle leprosy in humans.

The fossil suggests that a group of feathered dinosaurs was thriving right before the mass extinction.

The Red List of species under threat must be brought up to date to reflect this finding, study authors say.

The proteins show strong similarities to those found in the claw sheaths of birds living today.

The earliest dinosaurs may have walked the Earth 20 million years earlier than we thought.

DNA analysis reveals how early settlers on Greenland relied on marine mammal meat more than we thought.

Producer Elizabeth White discusses 'wall of snakes' scene in latest BBC series.

Over 90% of ivory shipments seized found to be from elephants killed within the last three years.

Cliff erosion on the south coast has accelerated by an order of magnitude in the past few hundred years.

Older male bonobos' poor eyesight is bad for their social life.

Findings came after scientists used sophisticated tracking software to follow 34 whales over months.

Clear skies will cause temperatures to dip, while fields might end up soggy after days of rain.

The cubs' stomachs still contain traces of what the researchers say could be mother's milk.

It is the first time that scientists find a two-headed shark embryo within an oviparous species.

The Arctic sea is bright with glowing zooplankton, helping them make it through the dark winter.

Winners include a scene of the Milky Way behind a natural stone arch, and a bolt of lightning hitting the Grand Canyon.

"If conservation is to regain the initiative it needs to both protect what's left, and restore what is lost."

IBTimes UK presents one last look at the amazing National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year entries.

Poaching is not just an environmental problem - it has a high economic cost too.

'I didn't strangle the dog,' the peer said, after explaining a vet put the Alsatian down.

The snake has venom unlike that of any other snake.

Mild Autumn weather is contributing to the problem.

Planet Earth II coincides with free mobile app The Story of Life – the largest ever release of Attenborough's work for the BBC.

Removing predators from the ocean will vastly increase CO2 production.

The elderly ape first arrived at the zoo back in 1968.

Gene flows between bonobos and chimpanzees were identified over the course of their long history.

Palaeontologists have been using a method that turns their results into nonsense.