SCIENCE

Temperatures at Calgary Zoo plummeted to an average of -28 degrees Celsius during the recent cold snap.

Metalenses are flat devices which use specially engineered nanostructures to focus light, mimicking the way traditional curved lenses work, while taking up a fraction of the space.

"Not since the Luddites of the industrial revolution has a topic engendered such emotion and sensationalism".

Invasion of black and brown rats to Duncan Island pushed the Galápagos tortoise to the brink of extinction.

The main payload will be India's own Cartosat-2 series Earth Observation satellite

"All the indicators are that we could be looking at a chocolate deficit of 100,000 tonnes a year in the next few years," researcher Doug Hawkins said.

Wildlife rescuers scrambled after being called in to remove dozens of eggs discovered in a sandpit at a school in New South Wales.

Thirteen monkeys have died in a fire at Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire. The incident took place in the early hours of Tuesday, 2 January.

A record-breaking arctic freeze has frozen the iconic Niagara falls, with tourists posting jaw-dropping photos of the falls on social media.

Across the northern hemisphere a few brave (or foolhardy) souls celebrated the festive season by diving into frozen lakes or paddling in frigid oceans.

Using samples from surfaces in the space lab, unknown microbes have been collected and identified.

Researchers have reportedly gathered observational evidence to posit a weird correlation between the mass of supermassive black holes at the centre of a galaxy and star-formation.

Kathryn Curzon, co-founder of the marine conservation organisation Friends for Sharks, tells IBTimes UK how to deal with a fear of shark attacks.

More than 700 sightings of the green flash of light were reported to the International Meteor Organisation (IMO).

Around 2,000 to 8,000 pounds of debris from the Chinese satellite is expected to crash on Earth.

According to Unesco, World Heritage coral reefs could become extinct by 2,100 if CO2 emissions are not controlled.

Using fossilised teeth, researchers were able to identify what these giants ate, where they ate and how far they migrated year after year.

"Lots of people would crumble well before you reach wet-bulb temperatures of 32 C, or anything close," says climate scientist.

The bronze mirror, measuring 11.3cm across, was unearthed from the Nakashima archaeological site on Japanese island Fukuoka's Hakata Ward.

In 10,000 years, if humans survive, there will be no genetic differences in our makeup and we will be evenly distributed throughout the planet.

Located some 40 light years away in constellation Aquarius, the Trappist solar system has been a critical point of study in the search of life-supporting exoplanets.

Researchers have found that performance gaps between male and female students increased or decreased based on the emphasis that teachers laid on the value of examinations.

Recreations of brains through scans show that the animal was indeed an apex predator.

A supermoon is a full moon at the closest orbital point to Earth. They appear about 14% larger and 30% brighter than moons occurring at the farthest orbital point.

We as humans can be compared to oysters when it comes to intelligence with intelligent life, says researcher.

The Jiangxi province is known for its prehistoric fossils and has been described as the 'hometown of dinosaurs'.

As 2017 comes to a close, it is time to look back and see the top five moments that marked SpaceX's domination in the spacefaring arena.

After breaking off, the iceberg, dubbed B-44, covered a 100-square-mile area and was found to be highly unstable.

Scientists reportedly plunged a 10Km-long acoustic probe into the ocean, which is reportedly capable of recording sounds 9.3Kms away.