NATURE

Giant rats have been trained to sniff out explosives in Africa, and they are now also being used in Cambodia.

The biggest shark ever found in the ocean was outcompeted for food

The epicenter of the earthquake was about 170km south east of Osaka.

Surfer, 22, lost much of his left thigh and damaged his hand fighting for his life.

UK greenhouse gas emissions were 7.7% lower in 2014 at 514.4 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent from 2013.

Afia means 'Friday born child' in Ghanaian and over 9,000 votes were cast to decide her name.

Deep brain neural circuits found to determine whether a fight will be won or lost.

At least one person is reported to be in critical condition.

A five-year long project plans to decipher the ways cats communicate between themselves and with humans.

Paleontologists have dated the skull of a Siberian unicorn to 27,000 BC.

Environmental conditions resolve long-standing mystery of bird behaviour differences when feeding chicks.

Photographer Will Burrard-Lucas has published a new book on the places every wildlife enthusiast should visit.

Only four of 520 northern reefs between Cairns and Torres Strait unaffected by bleaching.

Mexico's most active volcano is at it again, but no one is believed to be in any danger

They're part of our spiritual being and must return says Blackfeet leader.

Environmentalists up in arms after Polish government approves huge swathes of ancient forest for logging.

Wolves usually only kill enough for the pack to eat, leaving state rangers puzzled over the scale of the attack.

Footage of the panda enjoying a bubble bath has become an online hit.

Bees produce 'stop signals' to warn each other about leaving the hive.

White-tailed prairie dogs found to kill, but not consume, squirrels over competition for vegetation.

Should you kiss on the first date? Yes – if you are a pygmy hippo.

Video shows how one arm muscle you either have or don't can show our species evolving.

Humans and lions can live together when community is involved in conservation and ecotourism.

Isolated female hybrid cichlid self-fertilises in rare case of vertebrate reproducing without a partner.

Beetles with offspring produce hormones to induce infertility put males off mating.

Manta rays are said to have passed self-awareness mirror test by observing their reflections.

Scientists use photographs from 1918 to estimate the changing number of guillemots in Stora Karlsö.

Scientists have found the exact part of the brain which initiates stress in mice when they smell danger.

Some 15 rhinos have been discovered in East Indonesia, where they were previously thought to have disappeared.