NATURE

Scientists remotely control a living insect's flight by physically placing a high-tech backpack-like tool on an insect.

Phenomenon known as a 'haboob' left buildings, cars and residents covered in thick blanket of sand.

Several of the animals have died in recent years in similar circumstances.

Psychological analysis of CCTV footage could overturn our ideas of how people react to crimes.

The new species has been dubbed Luskhan itilensis, meaning the Master Spirit.

The aviation colour code was raised to red following the 55-minute eruption.

"We take care of the elephants, and the elephants are taking care of us," says Rimland Lemojong, a Samburu warrior turned elephant caretaker.

Known locally as Gilligan, the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin was found dead in Western Australia.

Scientists have been puzzling over what makes some rocks float for years.

A cold spell in the Earth's recent history triggered a period of unprecedented gigantism in the oceans.

A tooth of the dinosaur was discovered at Owl Creek.

A nearby beach was closed in April after a shark attacked a woman in the water.

Bushland that nearly 180 koalas could have inhabited has been destroyed within two years.

A mother killer whale and her calf were spotted off San Juan Island in Washington.

Not all scientists are convinced – men's preference for it could come from watching a lot of porn.

Women have been defending the stork and encouraging the community to respect and preserve the unusual bird.

It was discovered on the island of Oahu.

The iconic species is set to go extinct on the Otago peninsula as soon as the 2040s.

The packages containing the tortoises were declared as 'stones' and flew in on an Etihad Airways flight from Madagascar.

The lions are an important tourism attraction for Uganda.

The two reptiles were found in the middle of a road.

The enormous snake was minding his own business before one of the golfers grabbed it by the tail.

A conference on Alabama rot might shed light on this deadly dog disease.

The quake struck Taxkorgan County, located about 1,250km from Xinjiang province's capital, Urumqi.

Both lions and Sunda clouded leopards could be affected by a loss of prey.

Scientists in Texas said the herbivore was chewing the human rib bone "like a cigar".

The man who discovered the tarantula was 'shaken' by the size of the animal, authorities said.

Multiple sharks have been added to the list to help protect the creatures.

Scientists said the sharks' organs have been removed with "surgical precision" off the coast of South Africa.