SCIENCE

New species of frog discovered in New York City and surrounding area.

A new species of ankylosaur from Mongolia has been named by scientists.

The World Press Photo Exhibition returns to London from 7 to 26 November 2014.

Prehistoric art may have been created in response to hearing ghostly echoes in caves.

Allotments providing "essential habitat" for declining bee populations across UK.

Hubble Telescope captures shadow of Ganymede over Jupiter's Great Red Spot.

Divers have recovered important artefacts from an ancient shipwreck off the Aeolian Island of Panarea near Italy.

A secondary gamma ray signal from the core of the Milky Way seems to fit the theory of dark matter collisions in the region.

The UN expert body on climate change has come up with a synthesis report that warns of severe impacts from global inaction.

Thanks to a conservation programme that bred the species in captivity and released it into the wild, a sub species of the Galapagos giant tortoises has made a recovery from near extinction.

An unmanned, 14-storey rocket built by Orbital Sciences burst into flames soon after lift-off, according to Nasa.

Around 13,000 Israelis, Arabs and tourists partied for 12 hours last week in the historic palace complex of Masada.

South America's biggest city may run out of water in two weeks if it doesn't rain soon.

Royal Scottish Museum urged Scottish Secretary to claim the monster as the rightful property of Scotland.

University of Adelaide scientists says as population continues to grow, consumption cuts needed for sustainability.

Australian Academy of Science says plans to protect Great Barrier Reef, which has lost half its coral cover, inadequate.

Debris from a spent Russian satellite came close to the orbiting satellite which was then manoeuvred out of harm's way, said NASA.

A 21-year-old activist named Remi Fraisse was killed during protests against the Sivens dam project.

A start-up firm plans to have synthetic cow's milk made from engineered yeast ready by 2017.

High resolution images of the initial stages of a thermonuclear explosion on a white dwarf have shown that the process is complicated.

European Space Agency's Rosetta space probe discovers potent mix of methane, sulphur and ammonia on Comet 67P/C-G.

Huzlers website started rumours saying that there will be three days of darkness in December.

Relying on heat energy scientists have been able to push or pull tiny glass particles across 20 centimetres using a single laser beam.

A 265% increase in rate of earthquakes in the past ten years could mean a big quake is due anytime.

Researchers found that learning new words had the same effect on the brain as sex, drugs, gambling and chocolate.

A disk from 1700BCE is revealing its secrets after being decoded by scientists.

Research in rats finds microgravity environment causes damage to sperm.

Reticulated python in Louisville Zoo gives birth to six babies without mating in what is first of its kind.

A study underscores the importance of protected areas in conserving flagship species like the Asian elephant.