SCIENCE

Only 90,000 giraffes still roam the African plains, far fewer than the endangered African elephant, according to Sir David Attenborough.

Buried treasure was discovered by metal detector group Team Rainbow in Vejen, Jutland.

What's next for Major Peake after his out of this world experience?

Tim Peake, Tim Kopra and Yuri Malenchenko return to Earth safely from the ISS.

Peake is the first British European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut to visit the International Space Station.

June's full moon – also called the strawberry moon – will be seen worldwide on same day as summer solstice.

The UK space economy is expected to be worth £40bn by 2030 thanks to lower costs and huge innovation.

In Eritrea, researchers have found 800,000-year-old footprints belonging to modern man's ancestor.

'Megafauna' species in Patagonia such as the giant jaguar became extinct in just a few hundred years.

Johann-Dietrich Woerner has praised Peake after the Briton conducted 250 experiments during time on ISS.

Peake will arrive back on Earth on 18 June after spending 186 days in space.

Crackdown on lions following killings of three villagers in Gujarat.

The summer solstice falls on 20 June 2016, the shortest night of the year.

The photo was taken using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer instrument on the Aqua satellite.

Scientists announce most distant oxygen ever detected from Earth, giving an insight into how universe began.

Oldest Homo erectus fossilised footprints ever found are located in a desert in Africa.

Nasa carried out 'Spacecraft Fire Experiment' on board the Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo vehicle.

The tiger was trained with whips up until Animals Defenders International found him after an 8-month search.

Gravitational waves from black hole merger discovered for the second time.

A new study proves that the EmDrive does indeed have an exhaust.

British astronaut Tim Peake will return from the International Space Station on 18 June.

Four great whites spotted as part of shark-management strategy to curb attacks in the Australian state.

Free to print, retro-inspired posters seek out gutsy astronauts for mission to the Red Planet.

Astronomer combines Fermi Paradox with Mediocrity Principle to work out how long until we hear from ETs.

Mineral composition of the meteorite is different from those popularly found on Earth.

Satellite data shows large areas of subsidence around two massive sinkholes in Texas.

Scientists have shown that witnesses could potentially identify criminals by their smell.

Construction of dams in the Tapajós river basin can wipe out large tracts of forests.

Scientists begin search of Reading Abbey ruins with ground-penetrating radar.