SCIENCE

The animal defies the 'island rule' and 'Bergmann's rule' which describe patterns of geographical variations.

Stunning footage released by Greenpeace shows never-before-seen footage of the Antarctic Ocean's seafloor in a bid to protect its fragile ecosystem from pollution.

Researchers have developed a ground-breaking technique for creating moving three-dimensional images viewable from all sides.

Researchers have created two genetically identical monkey clones using the same technique that produced Dolly the sheep.

Megapropodiphora arnoldi measures just 0.395 mm in length and is only known from a single female specimen.

Glacial archaeologists found 4,000-year-old arrows, Iron Age and Bronze Age clothing items and even a ski with its binding from 700 AD.

The Taymyr is one of the largest icebreakers ever built and it is possible that the vessel did not see the adventure junkies.

Einstein's close friend Friedrich Adler assassinated Austrian minister-president Karl von Stürgkh in 1916.

Centipedes can spill out a venom so deadly that it can take down creatures 15 times larger than their size within seconds.

Rising temperatures have been directly attributed to human-caused emissions and carbon dioxide dumping.

Scientists ran sophisticated models to understand which planets of the distant system are more likely to be habitable.

The Kepler telescope has so far identified more than 2,300 confirmed exoplanets since beginning operations in 2009.

The announcement will come two months after Donald Trump signed a new space policy directive instructing Nasa to return to the moon.

Camera technology has advanced significantly in recent years but this is just the start of a revolution that is currently underway.

Volcanic eruptions are notoriously difficult to predict, but new research could lead to more effective warnings which could save lives.

Paris City Hall closed roads along the shores of the Seine as water levels rose at least 3.3 metres (nearly 11 feet) above the normal level.

"While we think we know how planets form in a big-picture sense, there's still a lot of detail we need to fill in," says Kevin Schlaufman.

The Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition provides a powerful insight into the landscapes, wildlife and nature of the planet, and the adventures to be found on it.

One man was killed and at least 11 people were injured when an avalanche, possibly triggered by the eruption of a nearby volcano, engulfed skiers.

Some of the sailors' remains were reportedly inside the HMS Electra and HMS Encounter, Royal Navy ships which sank in the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942.

Lava fountains gush up 700 metres (2,300 feet) above Mount Mayon's crater and ash plumes tower up to three kilometres (1.9 miles) in the sky.

During a global continental reorganisation phase, the landmass broke away and collided with Northern Australia's Mount Isa region.

Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov rode the vacuum cleaner during routine clean-up activity on the space station.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are a spectacular collection of 900 ancient Jewish manuscripts discovered in the Qumran caves outside Jerusalem in 1947.

A skull that was found by chance in Somerset in March last year belonged to a woman who lived in the Iron Age and was most likely beheaded at her death or shortly after.

High levels of the chemical imidacloprid have been detected in a number of waterways across the country.

A new acoustic tractor beam uses rapidly rotating 'tornadoes' of sound to suspend objects in mid-air.

While North Korea's nuclear ambitions made global headlines, its humanitarian situation received almost no coverage.

Previously, oolitic limestone was thought to have been formed as a result of ooid grains rolling on the sea floor, slowly staking up the layers of sediment.