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Video shows heartbreaking fate of baby giraffe, too weak to stand and suckle mother

Auckland zookeepers battled to save the rare giraffe twin but were forced to end his suffering...

Winter weather: Photos of snow and icy conditions across Europe

Parts of Europe have been hit by bitterly cold temperatures and blizzards, with temperatures as low as minus 25 degrees Celsius.

WWF faces investigation over 'abuse' of Baka Pygmies in Cameroon

Charity Survival International claims Baka Pygmies have been suffering abuses due to WWF's work for decades.

One of the world's biggest icebergs is about to break away from Antarctica

Iceberg 1/4 the size of Wales would result in the Larsen C Ice Shelf losing over 10% of its area.

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'Rare and exquisite' 52-million-year-old fossil fruits discovered with papery skins still intact

Tomatillo fruit fossils show family evolved tens of millions of years earlier than thought.

Humans lived on the Tibetan Plateau during the last ice age - 7,000 years earlier than previously thought

A new analysis puts the estimated date of permanent occupation of Chusang, Tibet, back by thousands of years.

The worst is yet to come: Scientist warns social instability and political violence will peak in the 2020s

We seem to be well on track for the 2020s instability peak, warns Peter Turchin.

Arctic coastlines turn to mudslides as they collapse at a rate of more than 20m a year

Traditional ways of life in the Arctic and marine life at risk as the coasts collapse.

Living near busy roads linked to increased risk of developing dementia

Pollution is thought to be the main cause for the link, but factors such as noise could play a role too.

Polar bear cubs are 1,000 times over the limit for toxic pollutants in the Arctic

Chemicals banned decades ago are still present in the Arctic, while levels of new toxic pollutants are rising.

Nasa announces missions including Jupiter's Trojan asteroid belt

The space agency has prioritised the missions over returning to Venus to explore its volcanoes.

A new plate boundary appears to be forming beneath the Indian Ocean

Scientists find fault system in Indian Ocean that was probably involved in the Wharton Basin earthquakes.

The famous 'global warming hiatus' of the early 21st Century never existed, new data confirm

NOAA's scientists weren't cooking the books, the independent data suggests.

The Day After Tomorrow? Atlantic current that keeps Europe warm at risk of collapse

Faltering activity of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current has been linked to colder winters.

Miniature wild cats get on well with their larger cousins in well protected forests

Adult oncillas can weigh as little as 1.5kg, and are sensitive to the nature conservancy status of their habitat.

Source of mystery space signals tracked to dwarf galaxy 3 billion light years away

Scientists pinpoint location of repeating fast radio burst FRB 121102 – but they still don't know what's producing it.

Inside of ancient shark skull reveals evolutionary origins of eerie ghost sharks

Mysterious ghost sharks share features with prehistoric symmoriiform sharks

Amazon guardians rainforest deforestation

Here are the trade routes that cause the most devastation to wildlife

Consuming goods in one country can lead to a dramatic wildlife decline in another.

Friends of the Earth forced to withdraw fraudulent anti-fracking leaflet

Advertising Standards Authority told the charity their environmental claims were unsubstantiated.

Nasa is set to make a big announcement about its next Discovery mission

Space agency will discuss its future plans for space explorations that will 'unlock mysteries of the solar system'.

World's oldest known killer whale dies at over a 100 years old

J2, or Granny, was thought to be between 75 and 105 years old at the time of her death.

Extremely rare galaxy with blue and red concentric rings of stars discovered

Scientists say they have never seen anything quite like it before.

Magnitude 3.8 earthquake strikes off Scarborough coast

Two smaller earthquakes have been felt in Cumbria and Worcestershire in the past few days.

Earthquake off the coast of Fiji triggers tsunami alert

The magnitude 6.9 quake struck just before 10pm GMT.

Introduce parking controls near London schools when pollution hits toxic levels, says peer

Labour peer Baroness Jones said that schools should be fitted with air monitors.

10 times Obama fought to preserve the natural world and save the environment

He didn't come into office as a climate crusader, but Obama has made strides in tackling climate change.

Photos of forest fire that burned hundreds of homes in Valparaiso, Chile

Authorities said the blaze in Valparaiso was fuelled by gusty winds, low humidity and high temperatures.

China issues highest alert for fog in northern and eastern provinces already choked by smog

The Met office also renewed an orange alert for smog over Tuesday and Wednesday.

Myth buster: Our big brains and small teeth did not evolve at the same time

Unlike what the classic theory suggests, brain and teeth evolved independently from each other in humans.

Why did dinosaurs go extinct but birds survived? Answer revealed - in eggs

Dinosaurs were lumbered with an evolutionary 'dead man's hand' that birds escaped.

From Yellowstone to Toba: Here are some of the world's biggest supervolcanoes

There's a one in 500 chance of a supervolcano erupting in the next 100 years.

Genetic researchers discover 'stop' button for CRISPR gene editing tool

This development may mark a major step forward for genetic engineering.

UK to see cold and wet start to 2017 as fog and ice poised to disrupt New Year celebrations

The Met office predicted fog and rain in parts of northern UK on New Year's Eve.

China announces ban on ivory trade by the end of 2017

The high demand for ivory in the country has led to an increase in poaching of elephants in Africa.

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