SCIENCE

Scientist considers what sort of extraterrestrial life may emerge on newly discovered exoplanets.

Hannah Osborne Feb 23, 2017

Up close and personal with big cats, whose numbers in the wild for some species have dwindled dramatically.

David Sim Feb 23, 2017

Planet's rarest and most valuable metal was tipped to transform modern technology.

Owen Hughes Feb 23, 2017

The Angolan dwarf Galago is three times bigger than its close relatives.

Léa Surugue Feb 23, 2017

The spacecraft is due to make another attempt to reach the International Space Station.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Feb 23, 2017

The 17-year-old admitted to shooting the bird several times after it did not die from the initial gunshot.

Nicole Rojas Feb 23, 2017

The planets could all contain water, Nasa scientists say, creating the conditions for alien life.

Brendan Cole Feb 23, 2017

Results have been questioned for using out-of-date data.

Martha Henriques Feb 22, 2017

Garnets took in radioactive impurities when an earthquake shattered them, allowing geologists to put a date on the event.

Martha Henriques Feb 22, 2017

First humans to people South America share a last common ancestor with modern-day northeast Asian populations.

Léa Surugue Feb 22, 2017

Scientists find solar system 40 light years away with seven potentially habitable planets.

Hannah Osborne Feb 22, 2017

The length of Ice Ages went through a shift in the last few million years, but a simple rule predicts when they will end.

Martha Henriques Feb 22, 2017

Scientists find seven potentially habitable exoplanets, three of which are strong contenders for extraterrestrial life.

Hannah Osborne Feb 22, 2017

Only 1% of people consistently want to know what life has in store for them.

Léa Surugue Feb 22, 2017

Captive oryx antelopes have been reintroduced to Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve to great success.

Léa Surugue Feb 22, 2017

The zoo in eastern Mosul was once home to a multitude of animals including four lions, but under Islamic State rule, they died of starvation or were killed off.

David Sim Feb 22, 2017

Almost 50,000 samples of seeds sent to Svalbard Global Seed Vault to ensure global food security.

Hannah Osborne Feb 22, 2017

Dusky dolphins have been filmed playing with kelp and rubbing flippers.

Martha Henriques Feb 22, 2017

A new species of an extinct giant worm was found to have terrifyingly large snapping jaws.

India Ashok Feb 22, 2017

The slaughter will take place in the foie gras-producing regions of Landes and Pyrennees-Atlantiques.

Lara Rebello Feb 22, 2017

Discovery of Iodine-131 in countries from Norway to Spain spark theories of secret Russian nuclear test

James Tennent Feb 22, 2017

Mitochondrial DNA from nine elite burials reveal the same maternal lineage.

Léa Surugue Feb 21, 2017

It's thought a great white shark is the only creature big enough to take such a large bite out of another sizeable shark.

Martha Henriques Feb 21, 2017

Nasa to hold news conference on exoplanets discovery on Wednesday 22 February.

Hannah Osborne Feb 21, 2017

One typhoon won't power Japan for 50 years, but a single wind turbine can provide up to 10kW.

Hannah Osborne Feb 21, 2017

When resources such as food were scarce, hunter-gatherer societies would turn to violence.

Martha Henriques Feb 21, 2017

Newly unveiled laws could see UK constructing its first spaceport by 2020, enabling satellite launches.

India Ashok Feb 21, 2017

The agency says the announcement is about planets that lie outside the solar system.

Agamoni Ghosh Feb 21, 2017

Forest elephant populations have crashed by 80% in one of Central Africa's most important nature reserves.

Martha Henriques Feb 20, 2017