SCIENCE

Fossil most likely belonged to the biped meat-eater Abelisaurus.

Researchers praise social media phenomenon for leading to new significant gene discovery.

'We're going to lose a huge number of sites' warns site archaeologist.

Prof Venkatraman Ramakrishnan suggested the government underwrite EU grants to all UK-based researchers.

A selection of images on the shortlist for Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016.

Australia was home to a wide variety of strange megafauna between the ages of the dinosaur and man.

"If you can get up close, hug or have a selfie with a tiger it's cruel and don't go."

Two earthquakes in 1555 and 1905 could be responsible for cracks and tilted structures.

A vast network of 12th century cities was discovered beneath the jungle around Cambodia's Angkor Wat.

Activists had been fighting in the courts to free 55-year-old Mohan since 2013.

Found in a German cave, the well-preserved tool was first thought to be a musical instrument

As only about 60 vaquita porpoises survive today the ban is crucial to avoid extinction of the species.

Migaloo was spotted in Iluka in northern New South Wales and also off the Gold Coast in Queensland.

Earth's environment for first organisms living four billion years ago was very different to how it is today.

European countries dominate the height list; British men get the 31st spot.

The historic journey began on 9 March, 2015, with the aim of promoting clean energy.

Extrapolated data from a new survey suggests a third of solar industry jobs have been lost in the last 12 months.

Farmers in ancient Iran and the Levant were genetically diverse, suggesting they developed farming in parallel.

Thousands of homes near LA were evacuated wildfires raged in drought-parched canyons north of the city.

Five year drought in California means fires are spreading with ease say firefighters.

Hottest day ever recorded was 56.7C in Death Valley in 1913, but that figure is disputed.

Final leg of Solar Impulse flight could be most difficult, because it's too sunny

Shooting stars from Delta Aquarid meteor shower will light up night sky from end of July to mid-August.

The Chinese army has been deployed to rescue stranded villages and provide supplies

The large heath butterfly returns to Heysham Moss in Lancashire after 100 years.

STAE CEO Duncan McNair described the treatment he witnessed as "just so truly awful".

Archaeologist show settlements increased over 20 fold in later Middle Palaeolithic period.

Denarii coins were found hidden inside an ceramic vase dating back 2,500 years

City of London Corporation is creating conditions that will increase the snake population in Hampstead