NATURE

Volcan de Fuego and Volcan de Pacaya are the two volcanoes filmed here.

Agamoni Ghosh Apr 12, 2017

The python was found during a police raid at a crystal methamphetamine lab in Australia.

Ananya Roy Apr 12, 2017

If Herzegovinians were as well-nourished as the Dutch, they would be significantly taller than them.

Martha Henriques Apr 12, 2017

The gentoo penguins of Ardley Island have shown remarkable resilience for thousands of years.

Martha Henriques Apr 11, 2017

Bureau of Meteorology says the storm is likely to strengthen into category one Cyclone Frances late on 11 April.

Ananya Roy Apr 11, 2017

Life could be thriving as far as 10km underground along tectonic plate boundaries.

Martha Henriques Apr 10, 2017

No undersea drill has so far been able to reach the mantle.

Agamoni Ghosh Apr 10, 2017

The fossil is the oldest known member of the semi-aquatic phytosaurs.

Martha Henriques Apr 10, 2017

Mass coral bleaching has damaged two-thirds of the World Heritage site.

Nandini Krishnamoorthy Apr 10, 2017

The zoo said mother and baby are doing well.

Jen Offord Apr 08, 2017

Lavas form when 'mélange' metamorphic rocks melt under volcanic arcs, geologists argue.

Martha Henriques Apr 07, 2017

'Freak' waves are actually very common.

Martha Henriques Apr 07, 2017

A first look at Skomer Island puffins' behaviour on their annual migrations shows the benefit of staying close together.

Martha Henriques Apr 07, 2017

Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Unforgettable Behaviour is published by the Natural History Museum.

David Sim Apr 07, 2017

Ability to defy genetic programming may have helped them become highly intelligent.

Luke Dunning Apr 07, 2017

Instincts could simply be evolutionary echoes of what our ancestors learned the hard way.

Martha Henriques Apr 06, 2017

Pembient wants to turn rhino horn from a rare commodity into an abundant bioplastic within the next five years.

Matthew Markus Apr 06, 2017

Porcupine remains have never been found this far north before.

Martha Henriques Apr 06, 2017

Experiments have shown that great apes know when researchers are mistaken about the location of an object.

Léa Surugue Apr 05, 2017

Gray wolf populations in Europe and North America are doing well as they live in close proximity to cities.

Martha Henriques Apr 05, 2017

The fault on the northern end of the Arabian Sea could produce a magnitude 9 earthquake.

Camilla Penney Apr 05, 2017

The new snail-worm species was discovered on the hull of the USNS General Hoyt S Vandenburg shipwreck.

Léa Surugue Apr 05, 2017

Males of this species stick out a full 21-day orgy without eating, ruining their body condition and shortening their lives.

Martha Henriques Apr 05, 2017

Marine biologists have turned to 3D modelling to educate the world on increasing damage to coral reefs.

Mary-Ann Russon Apr 04, 2017

Giant waterfalls eroded the land bridge before a megaflood destroyed it completely.

Martha Henriques Apr 04, 2017

Species is believed to have emerged in the last 20,000 years, showing fast rate of evolution in underground habitats.

Hannah Osborne Apr 03, 2017

Commercial whaling in Norway continues as it does not recognise the International Whaling Commission's ban.

Martha Henriques Apr 03, 2017

The government first said 207 died in the tragedy but later matched it with 254 deaths reported by the army.

Ananya Roy Apr 03, 2017

At least 17 people were wounded and were getting treatment at a local community health centre.

Pavitra Dwibhashyam Apr 02, 2017