Computer simulations of mass extinctions lead to increasingly involved robots.
Remarkable Pacific striped octopus has intimate sex and shares meals during mating.
Yellow warnings in place across much of southern England and Wales.
Milder winters leading to sharp increase in wild boars across Europe.
Urubamba brown titi is the size of a domesticated cat.
North England and parts of Wales will still be able to view the meteor shower.
Photographing meteor showers can be tricky. You need the right equipment and no small amount of luck to get the best shots.
The figurehead once sat upon the Danish warship named Gribshunden
Penultimate hot fire test for the engine that will 'take humans to Mars'.
French banker Rothschild sent three ships to Israel in the 1890s, but only two made it.
Tiger shark measuring 13ft in length was caught off Australia's Tweed Coast.
Reintroduction of the native predator would curb the spread of feral cats and foxes, study finds.
The aim was to completely sequence the genome of Saccharromyces eubayanus – a type of yeast.
Yellowstone supervolcano probably isn't going to cause widespread catastrophe
Kaymakçı Hill dig providing archaeologists with new findings about the Bronze Age.
Unusual ritual feast saw Iron Age settlers in Llanmaes eat only the right forelimb of pigs.
Astronauts took the first bites of food grown in entirely in space and harvested from their own space garden on board the International Space Station on 10 August.
The burial place of Queen Nefertiti has long been a mystery.
Arsenal player Alexis Sanchez sent his countrymen words of encouragement on Instagram.
Discovery of henbane seeds found in an old hearth at Kaman-Kalehoyuk in Turkey had narcotic and psychotropic effects.
'The universe will decline from here on in, sliding gently into old age.'
Ringlet, speckled wood, large skipper, large white, small white and green-veined white at risk of collapse.
Bioreactor that requires sunlight, water and algae could feed astronauts on long-distance voyages.
UN predicts that there will be between 9.5 and 13.3 billion people in 2100.
Trees in Rowlett, Dallas, covered in 40ft spiderwebs.
Starting on 14 September, Heathrow will be trialling a slightly steeper approach angle of 3.2 degrees.
One of the biggest meteor showers of the year will peak over coming days.
The two mummies had their organs intact and embalmed with antibacterial properties
Ancient lake on Mars was probably habitable throughout its existence.
Archaeologists find ritual bath covered with mysterious symbols and inscriptions in Arnona.