SCIENCE

Fossilized bones discovered on a rocky seashore on England's Isle of Wight are the remains of a meat-eating dinosaur that may be larger than any other known from Europe, a beast that was a cousin of the biggest carnivorous dinosaur species on record.

Brazilian authorities have launched a search operation for British Journalist Don Philip and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Araújo Pereira.

The world's second-largest economy has poured billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a permanently crewed space station by 2022 and eventually sending humans to the Moon.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been accused of comparing climate activists to Nazis after a group of them interrupted his speech.

A pregnant Sumatran elephant was found dead of suspected poisoning in Indonesia's Riau province.

A report by wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation has warned that 24 species of butterflies found in Britain may soon disappear.

The floods have been wreaking havoc in the Indian state of Assam with at least eleven people having lost their lives in various flood-related incidents so far.

A study published in The Lancet has revealed that pollution caused more than 2.3 million premature deaths in India in 2019, the highest number reported from any country.

Several reports have suggested that the insect population is on a decline worldwide which could lead to a collapse of ecosystems.

The scorching heatwave that has swept India is not only affecting humans but is also proving deadly for animals. The animal rescuers in the Indian state of Gujarat have come across dozens of exhausted and dehydrated birds dropping every day in the last few weeks.

A new report by the US government's Drought Monitor has revealed that the water levels in California's two biggest reservoirs have dropped to "critically low levels."

The land area cleared of trees in Brazil's Amazon rainforest last month was the biggest since the authorities started to keep a track of the same in 2015.

Almost all metropolitan cities across the world have begun to feel the impacts of climate change, and authorities are now resorting to strict measures to undo years of damage.

Several parts of India have been grappling with an intense heatwave as the country experiences one of the hottest summers this year. According to experts, the temperatures are expected to only increase during the next few days.

Scores of headless penguin bodies washed up on beaches surrounding Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula in the month of April, leaving scientists and researchers shocked.

Scientists have discovered the remains of a giant sea creature in the Swiss Alps. The remains of an ichthyosaur which used to have huge teeth were found at an altitude of more than 9,000 feet in Switzerland.

A massive fire broke out at Bhalswa landfill site in India's national capital New Delhi on Tuesday and continues to burn even now. This is not the first time that the infamous mountainous garbage dump caught fire releasing toxic smoke.

An ultra-rare giant squid, measuring about 9.8ft, washed up at a beach in Japan. The squid was found stranded at Ugu beach in Obama of Fukui Prefecture on Wednesday.

A group of Chinese astronauts returned safely to Earth last week after spending six months on board Tiangong space station. The crew had taken off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert in October last year.

A petrol tanker washed ashore on a beach in front of the Durban Country Club in KwaZulu-Natal province on Tuesday morning after unprecedented floods hit parts of South Africa's south-eastern coast.

At least 53 people have died so far in landslides and floods in the Philippines after Tropical Storm Megi hit the country on Sunday. The death toll is only expected to increase in various flood-related incidents.

A US-based wind energy firm has been slapped with $8m fine after at least 150 eagles were killed at its wind farms in eight states over the last 10 years.

A study by researchers from the UK has found microplastics for the first time deep in the lungs of living people. The tiny particles were found in 11 of the 13 samples tested for their presence.

Massive stone jars that may have been used for ancient human burial practices thousands of years ago have been discovered in the Indian state of Assam.

Ukrainian officials have claimed that more than 10,000 hectares of forest in the Chernobyl exclusion zone have been set ablaze due to active fighting between Russia and Ukraine.

As many as four million people in Somalia face the risk of starvation and the situation is only deteriorating as the country faced its third consecutive dry season, the United Nations' climate report has warned.

Octopuses generally use seashells to hide, but a recent study has found out that the species is increasingly making use of the litter found on the ocean floor to make shelters for themselves.

We must have heard it a million times and have grown up believing that "opposites attract," but various studies carried out by researchers over the years have said that it may not actually be the case anymore

Torrential rain and subsequent floods caused Sydney Harbour's shimmering blue waters to turn muddy brown. The change was caused by overflowing wastewater systems and stormwater carrying soil and debris into the harbour.