SCIENCE

Chemicals banned decades ago are still present in the Arctic, while levels of new toxic pollutants are rising.

The space agency has prioritised the missions over returning to Venus to explore its volcanoes.

Scientists find fault system in Indian Ocean that was probably involved in the Wharton Basin earthquakes.

NOAA's scientists weren't cooking the books, the independent data suggests.

Adult oncillas can weigh as little as 1.5kg, and are sensitive to the nature conservancy status of their habitat.

Faltering activity of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current has been linked to colder winters.

Scientists pinpoint location of repeating fast radio burst FRB 121102 – but they still don't know what's producing it.

Mysterious ghost sharks share features with prehistoric symmoriiform sharks

Consuming goods in one country can lead to a dramatic wildlife decline in another.

Advertising Standards Authority told the charity their environmental claims were unsubstantiated.

Space agency will discuss its future plans for space explorations that will 'unlock mysteries of the solar system'.

J2, or Granny, was thought to be between 75 and 105 years old at the time of her death.

Scientists say they have never seen anything quite like it before.

Two smaller earthquakes have been felt in Cumbria and Worcestershire in the past few days.

The magnitude 6.9 quake struck just before 10pm GMT.

Labour peer Baroness Jones said that schools should be fitted with air monitors.

He didn't come into office as a climate crusader, but Obama has made strides in tackling climate change.

Authorities said the blaze in Valparaiso was fuelled by gusty winds, low humidity and high temperatures.

The Met office also renewed an orange alert for smog over Tuesday and Wednesday.

Dinosaurs were lumbered with an evolutionary 'dead man's hand' that birds escaped.

Unlike what the classic theory suggests, brain and teeth evolved independently from each other in humans.

There's a one in 500 chance of a supervolcano erupting in the next 100 years.

This development may mark a major step forward for genetic engineering.

The Met office predicted fog and rain in parts of northern UK on New Year's Eve.

The high demand for ivory in the country has led to an increase in poaching of elephants in Africa.

The dead birds were turned into balls and used as toys by walruses.

The trade and cultural hub that was Chaco Canyon might not have been a good place to grow crops.

The ancient cattle, standing at 7ft and almost 1,000kg, would not go unnoticed on Europe's plains.

Scientists are poring over the videos of the hydrothermal vents to see how many new species they can spot.