NATURE

Taronga Zoo in Sydney is celebrating the birth of a bright orange Francois' langur, one of the world's rarest monkeys.

The world's oldest known seabird, a Laysan albatross named Wisdom, was spotted mating.

'We still need to better understand factors such as disease that might be contributing to this decline.'

Flatworm grows brain and head characteristics without scientists altering genomic sequence.

Renowned aerial photographer Jason Hawkes shows a changing London as winter approaches.

Espirito Santo is expected to be covered imminently by the mudflow from two burst dams.

Toxic mud from a collapsed iron mine dam has reached the Atlantic Ocean, killing fish and threatening endangered turtles.

Breakthrough could play a 'major role' in eradicating the disease in the future, researchers say.

Experts believe that this helps them survive in extreme conditions

Whale expert weighs in on what is thought to be the biggest whale stranding ever recorded.

Commercial animal cloning centre in Tianjin will recreate sniffer dogs, pets and racehorses

Nola, who had been receiving treatment for a bacterial infection, was put down on 22 November

The bear is one of the twin three-year-olds at the zoo, Sakari and Suka.

The blue dragon is a one-inch sea slug that packs a heap of venom

A male, who is too old to breed naturally and two females, unable to get pregnant, are the last three left.

The youngster is one of just a few thousand pygmy hippos in the world.

A third of snow leopard territory is under threat from climate change.

There is no single new genetic entity that should be considered a unique species

The breeding programme has produced mixed results so far.

400 million years ago, the first forests began to sprout.

Group of 22 healthy Tasmanian Devils sent home to save species from cancer that threatens them with extinction.

International Union for Conservation of Nature warns polar bear population could drop by 30% in 35 years.

The two shared a common ancestor around half a billion years ago.

There have been no applications in the last two years for chimp research.

An underwater photo of tadpoles silhouetted against the sky has won a science photography competition.

Since the last ice age, Adelie penguin populations have seen a 135-fold increase.

A zoo video shows three-year-old Xiao Liwu sliding in the slush and playing with his new toy, a jungle ball.

With just a few weeks left to enter the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards, we present a selection of early submissions.

The question on everyone's minds - why are cats so much more refined in their food consumption than dogs?