SCIENCE

Fossil discovery shows a major level of brain organisation had occurred in humans at least 1.8 million years ago.

Scientists say discovery could help explain why so many mammals use communal defecation sites.

Speaking at a higher pitch and clearly articulating words is particularly exciting for puppies, but not older dogs.

New research overturns the idea that more ecologically unique species are the most vulnerable.

Astronomers say asteroid 2017 AG13 had similar destructive potential as Chelyabinsk strike in 2013.

Interspecies sex is rarely recorded in the wild – with this case in Japan being only the second.

Dogs were gifted to police in Yakutia by cloning expert Hwang Woo Suk, who wants to bring back the woolly mammoth.

Looking at the genome of over 3,000 humpback whales, scientists have been able to pinpoint conservation priorities.

El Niño and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation also lead to a build-up of toxins in shellfish.

What happens when computers take a look at the historical trends that are too big to see?

Extreme conditions have hit areas of southern Europe more used to mild winters.

Barack Obama has a good reputation when it comes to the environment, but he left quite a few loose ends.

Very Large Telescope will be used to look at the star system and consider the best targets for exploration.

Study indicates a giant collision between Earth and the Mars-sized protoplanet Theia never happened.

Male pectoral sandpipers have more chances of producing offspring by visiting many breeding sites.

Bodies were embalmed in the Renaissance not for secular but for religious purposes.

Industry, weather and geography conspire to make Beijing a hotspot for toxic smog.

Icy temperatures across both continents were responsible for more than 20 deaths.

8 January is also the 300th anniversary of the death of physicist Galileo Galilei.

Why can't SeaWorld use VR technology instead of live orca, asks Peta's Mimi Bekhechi

Pro-fossil fuels Trump transition advisors are trying to get government aid for renewable energy projects cut.

There's just a one in a million chance of predicting an explosion – and US scientists have done just that.

Some beluga whales are delaying their return to more southerly seas for winter for more than a month.

Growing inequality and elite-wannabes hungry for power is a toxic mix, warns academic.

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

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

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

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

Calculations indicate Rydberg atoms will be disturbed in a significant way even by low-mass particles