SCIENCE

Up close and personal with big cats, whose numbers in the wild for some species have dwindled dramatically.

Planet's rarest and most valuable metal was tipped to transform modern technology.

The Angolan dwarf Galago is three times bigger than its close relatives.

The spacecraft is due to make another attempt to reach the International Space Station.

The 17-year-old admitted to shooting the bird several times after it did not die from the initial gunshot.

The planets could all contain water, Nasa scientists say, creating the conditions for alien life.

Results have been questioned for using out-of-date data.

Garnets took in radioactive impurities when an earthquake shattered them, allowing geologists to put a date on the event.

First humans to people South America share a last common ancestor with modern-day northeast Asian populations.

Scientists find solar system 40 light years away with seven potentially habitable planets.

The length of Ice Ages went through a shift in the last few million years, but a simple rule predicts when they will end.

Scientists find seven potentially habitable exoplanets, three of which are strong contenders for extraterrestrial life.

Only 1% of people consistently want to know what life has in store for them.

Captive oryx antelopes have been reintroduced to Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve to great success.

The zoo in eastern Mosul was once home to a multitude of animals including four lions, but under Islamic State rule, they died of starvation or were killed off.

Almost 50,000 samples of seeds sent to Svalbard Global Seed Vault to ensure global food security.

Dusky dolphins have been filmed playing with kelp and rubbing flippers.

A new species of an extinct giant worm was found to have terrifyingly large snapping jaws.

The slaughter will take place in the foie gras-producing regions of Landes and Pyrennees-Atlantiques.

Discovery of Iodine-131 in countries from Norway to Spain spark theories of secret Russian nuclear test

Mitochondrial DNA from nine elite burials reveal the same maternal lineage.

It's thought a great white shark is the only creature big enough to take such a large bite out of another sizeable shark.

Nasa to hold news conference on exoplanets discovery on Wednesday 22 February.

One typhoon won't power Japan for 50 years, but a single wind turbine can provide up to 10kW.

When resources such as food were scarce, hunter-gatherer societies would turn to violence.

Newly unveiled laws could see UK constructing its first spaceport by 2020, enabling satellite launches.

The agency says the announcement is about planets that lie outside the solar system.

Forest elephant populations have crashed by 80% in one of Central Africa's most important nature reserves.

Coastal regions are most vulnerable to atmospheric rivers, and climate change could make them more dangerous.