SCIENCE

President of Vanuatu Baldwin Lonsdale calls on world community to help stricken region

Bua Noi, a gorilla who was kept in solitary confinement for 30 years, is to be released from shopping mall zoo

Eagle makes record-breaking flight in Dubai to highlight the plight of endangered birds.

European Space Agency begins testing a probe designed to explore the Sun in 2020.

Ancient royal tombs on island of Kosrae are 300 years older than previously thought.

Crickets decide whether to fight or flee through nitric oxide acting on the nervous system.

Experts believe method could be used to solve cold cases.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC),which was shut down for upgrades in 2013, is now improved and ready to function again.

Once in a century Pi Day takes place on 14 March and this year.

Footage shows endangered wild wolf in Noord-Sleen for the first time since 1897.

Scientists begin mapping the huge underground city discovered in Nevşehir.

The four identical MMS spacecraft will study the interaction of Earth's and sun's magnetic fields.

The National Ganga River Basin Authority is expected to ensure by 2020 that no sewage or industrial effluents are released into the river.

Ganymede with a magnetic field of its own also has a thin atmosphere with some oxygen.

Researchers work on making world's first lab-grown chicken two years after the first test tube beef hamburger.

Humans relied on tropical rainforests for resources 10,000 years earlier than previously believed.

Chang'e 3 mission findings show moon geology is more complicated than once thought.

Fossilised dinosaur nesting site found to have been completely destroyed.

Researchers discover Milky Way is 50,000 light years bigger than previously estimated.

Giant extinct sea creature fossil discovered in Morocco lived 480 million years ago.

Nasa has successfully tested the biggest rocket ever made which the US space agency hopes will one day launch manned missions as far as Mars.

Metal-organic framework modified with nitrogen compounds called diamines removes carbon cheaply.

More than 20 tiny veiled chameleons have been born at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.

Monster solar flare recorded by Nasa disrupts radio signals on Earth.

White-tailed eagle talons suggest Neanderthals used objects for symbolic purpose.

Cassini scientists say silica grains discovered a decade ago came from hydrothermal activity.

Study finds geological epoch Anthropocene started after merging of New and Old Worlds.

Survivors gather in Japan to remember the thousands of lives that were lost in the 2011 tsunami.

With just 17 months until the 2016 Olympic Games, sewage at Rio's sailing venue is a major concern.