SCIENCE

Scientists say emergence of new diseases from humans could have played role in Neanderthal demise.

Tigers are among the most beloved animals said Leonardo DiCaprio, whose foundation has contributed $6.5m.

Telescope tasked with finding habitable planets has entered into emergency power mode.

Shift in the distribution of global waters is changing the pole's location and the Earth's motion.

The six-month exhibition, Hadrian and His Cavalry will shed light on cavalry's role in Imperial Rome.

The Falcon 9 main-stage booster landed itself on an ocean platform in a dramatic spaceflight first.

One of the crew was rescued by a coastguard helicopter from Stornaway and taken to hospital.

Study shows the Arctic had no sea ice at all between six and ten million years ago.

Archaeologists say artefacts pillaged from heritage sites in war-torn country traced to London.

SpaceX achievement marks a historic first to make rockets recyclable, says the company.

Journalist Robin Ackroyd travelled across Mongolia to solve the mystery of where Genghis Khan was buried.

The Dragon spacecraft will carry with it the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM).

The new centre is being touted as the largest facility for penguins in the world.

Reducing unnecessary food waste could lower greenhouse gas emissions by 14%.

The accident was a result of a mismanaged test at the Soviet nuclear plant, leaving clouds of nuclear matter spreading across the western USSR and Europe.

Discovery is made three years after the feds dumped an investigation in the region.

Despite heavy culling, boar population is increasing dramatically, adding to woes of residents in the region.

Ancient eruptions could indicate Yellowstone is a "dwindling ember" of much bigger volcanic system.

Genes from Neanderthal Y sex chromosome absent in modern humans.

'Trap-jaw' spiders are an extremely fast species using an unusual head anatomy to catch their prey.

The Harry Hedgehog Café is home to between 20-30 hedgehogs, giving customers the chance to spend time with the prickly mammals

Team from Sweden's Karolinska Institute hopes to treat men before they commit abuse against children.

Bawean warty pig should be listed by the IUCN as endangered, scientists say.

Series of huge supernova explosions near Solar System saw radioactive debris rain down on Earth.

Unexpected discovery of hole in the NGC 1600 galaxies is the first success of the MASSIVE survey.

Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, populations of some wildlife – such as wolf, elk and boar – are booming in the vast exclusion zone around the former reactor.

Lee Lightsey says this was the biggest alligator he has encountered in the last 20 years.

Twenty-three boats – 13 from Vietnam and 10 from Malaysia – were blown up simultaneously in seven different ports.

Century-old bullet shows Lawrence's stories of guerrilla warfare were not exaggerated.