2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Ban Ki-moon hails 'historic turning point for our world'
193 Member States agree to agenda to eradicate extreme poverty and protect the environment.
Weird world: The cute little 'Peter Pan' monster axolotl that never grows up
Mexican axolotl salamander is critically endangered as a result of human consumption and habitat threats.
VSV-EBOV Guinea Phase III trial: WHO says world 'on verge of highly effective Ebola vaccine'
Ebola vaccine trial dubbed "Guinea's gift to the world".
Cern LHC experiment suggests the universe is left-handed
Direction particle spins as it decays suggests universe is a leftie.
Adorable baby sloth at London Zoo has teddy bear as surrogate mum [Photos and Video]
Baby two-toed sloth being hand reared at ZSL London Zoo after mother stopped producing milk.
Tiny robots that can jump on water created by scientists [Video]
Robots that can launch from the surface of water could be used in future surveillance missions.
Stunning new video allows you to look inside the brain of a mouse in nanoscale resolution
Imaging tool allows scientists to do for brain what telescopes did for space exploration.
Golden wolf species discovered in East Africa
Golden jackals from East Africa and Eurasia are two different species, scientists discover.
Mysterious red scars on surface of Saturn's icy moon Tethys baffle scientists
Unexplained reddish arc-shaped streaks spotted on Tethys by Cassini-Huygens probe.
Nasa Golden Record: Listen to tracks on board Voyage spacecraft on SoundCloud
Voyager's Golden Record greeting for aliens has been released on SoundCloud.
Chimps in Uganda are eating clay to supplement their diets after raffia palm tree destruction [Video]
Chimpanzees in Budongo forest are eating and drinking from clay pits.
International Tiger Day 2015: Sad facts about the species being pushed to extinction
Sad facts about the species being pushed to extinction
Radioactive Russian satellite 'almost' crashed into Australia: Bill Clinton made emergency plans
Former Queensland premier reveals emergency plan that went all the way to the Whitehouse.
West Africa Baka pygmy growth rate study shows convergent evolution and adaptive nature of mankind
Baka pygmies grow at a standard rate other than for the first two years of their lives.
Ancient ritualistic burnings in Iron Age South Africa shed light on Earth's magnetic field reversal
Magnetic field record from minerals from Iron Age settlement discovered in South Africa.
Vikings 'invaded for exotic adventures and social bravado as much as silver booty'
Vikings raids provided opportunity to be noticed by peers and superiors, study says.
France: 560,000-year-old human tooth dubbed Arago 149 discovered in Tautavel cave
One of the oldest human fossils ever found in Europe unearthed in Arago Cave near Perpignan in France.
T.Rex teeth were perfect for tearing through flesh and crunching bones
Theropod dinosaurs had unique, deeply serrated teeth that made them excellent predators.
Potent Mers-CoV antibody discovered neutralises multiple strains of virus
Antibody LCA60 could lead to treatment or prevention of Mers-CoV infection.
Mers outbreak in the UK: Manchester Royal Infirmary A&E shuts down after two suspected cases
BREAKING: NHS investigating two suspected cases of Mers-CoV at Manchester Royal Infirmary.
West Africa: Four new tooth-frog species discovered after a century of misidentification
Odontobatrachus natator found to be five separate species of tooth frog.
US coastal cities along Atlantic and Gulf Coast at risk of '1, 2, 3 compound flooding punch'
Risk of compound coastal flooding events increased significantly over past century for many coastal US cities.
Mystery surrounding Royal Tomb of Philip II of Macedonia finally solved
Father of Alexander the Great was buried with his wife and baby, leg wound of murdered king shows.
Anti-poaching device combines GPS, heart rate and video to stop rhino hunting within seconds
British inventor Paul O'Donoghue creates device that could wipe out rhino poaching.
Brain probe of the future allows scientists to wirelessly deliver drugs and control neurons
Remote controlled brain implant can shine light deep inside the brains of mice.
Aegean Sea: CO2 opalescent pools found at site of volcanic eruption that wiped out Minoan civilization
Pools full of carbon dioxide off coast of Santorini could pave way to monitor future eruptions.
Polar bears cannot compensate for sea ice loss starvation with slowed metabolism in summer
Polar bears do not enter 'walking hibernation' to make up for food deprivation during summer.
Screams activate brain's fear centre to signal danger or distress
Human screams have unique acoustic signature exclusively used to signal distress.
Humans face extinction if plant destruction continues: 'Laws of thermodynamics have no mercy'
Study finds that humanity is on the brink of global chemical energy limit
Tiarajudens eccentricus: 270 million-year-old pre-dinosaur males fought like modern-day deer
Herbivorous mammal ancestor had sabre-teeth for fighting off competitors.
