SCIENCE

A strong El Niño effect contributed to last year's record-breaking temperatures.

Swathes of Europe have been covered in a white blanket of thick snow for much of this year.

The scientist who made the discovery wants to raise the profile of the moth's depreciating habitat.

A fortified gatehouse shows signs of military activity and complex social structure in an Iron Age camp.

Both stellarator and tokamak have same underlying principals, but it is too early to tell which offers best hope.

Award-winning filmmakers team up with archaeologists to find clues about the legendary civilisation.

Wasp populations are booming as springs become warmer and drier, a new study finds.

Colo was the first gorilla to be born at the Columbus zoo in Ohio.

Dutch speakers born in Korea were better able to (re)learn Koran as adults.

Foeticide is not well understood in primates but could be widespread, researchers say.

A site in Kazakhstan appears conducive to the re-introduction of Amur tigers in Central Asia.

The green beast weighs an estimated 450kg and seems unphased by the nearby wildlife paparazzi.

Now in its sixth year, the prestigious competition attracts the most compelling imagery in landscape, wildlife, nature, travel and adventure from around the planet.

The Halley VI base is being moved to a more secure location on a floating Antarctic ice sheet.

The base will close for eight months and be moved to a safer location further inland.

He was spacecraft commander on his third and most famous space mission on Apollo 17.

Women received significantly less nutritious food than men during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

The huge bright, hot structure was found in the upper atmosphere by the Jaxa Akatsuki spacecraft.

Vicious lizardfish have never been found in Australia before.

Shamal winds and unprecedented aridity was responsible for enormous storm.

Ex-Trump adviser Mike McKenna said Arctic drilling was also on the cards.

Max Holmes from the Woods Hole Research Centre explains what thawing permafrost means for the environment and people living in these regions

Archaeologists believe the Ming-dynasty statue was part of a temple.

Disposal by burning or acid baths causes serious health risks to workers, the public and wildlife.

Cambodian forests have been cut down to make way for rubber plantations and fields.

The release of the photos coincided with the Japanese PM's visit to Australia over the weekend.

New York authorities defend themselves over accusations birds don't need killing.

The shrimp's alien-like appearance is due to a 'third eye'.

This was astronauts Shane Kimbrough's fourth and Thomas Pesquet's first spacewalk.