SCIENCE

The bodies belong to soldiers of the Crown who fought against the Maori tribes who were protesting British colonisation.

Researchers ran a series of simulations to get new insights into the Red Planet's formation and evolution.

Underwater ice looks blue because it absorbs longer wavelengths of light.

A cheeky monkey, a couple of bears getting frisky, a fox urinating into a golf hole – the year's silliest photography contest has a serious side.

These bears were early immigrants from the Asian continent that moved to the Americas several million years ago.

The active stratovolcano which lies in the eastern Andes most recently started erupting in 2008 and has continued to do so till December 2017.

Archaeologists found fossils, less than a millimetre long, of Cambrian animals that swam the Earth's seas over half a billion years ago.

Nasa has a plan, but the technology to get there does not even exist yet.

Researchers have confirmed that the pod is native to the area and does not migrate unlike other dolphins spotted along the southern shores.

Contrary to what some people assume, members of the working-class are wiser than their counterparts from wealthier backgrounds, and have less difficulty reaching compromise.

By the middle of this century, experts estimate that climate change is likely to displace between 150 and 300 million people.

Crocodile lizard, horseshoe mountain bat and snail-eating turtle among 150 new species discovered in Greater Mekong by WWF and under threat by poachers and illegal wildlife trade.

A leading expert in the field of artificial intelligence has predicted that robots and humans will be able to have children within the next century, creating a new hybrid species.

New findings show that a diverse a group of organisms evolved very early in Earth's history, making it more likely that life exists outside of our planet.

Jennifer Garrett shared a photo of anti-bird spikes in some Bristol trees, designed to stop pigeon poo damaging residents' cars.

The primitive species lacks certain features that are common in more complex animals, according to researchers.

Astronauts at the International Space Station have received barley seeds that they will attempt to cultivate and grow in space.

Its unique spacecraft shape, soft mushy exterior, deep red colour, and possibility of a watery core bring up more questions than answers.

The crest-tailed mulgara was thought believed to have been extinct in the Australian state of New South Wales until it was rediscovered out of the blue.

Nasa reinvented a 150-year-old technique to capture supersonic motion as well as the shockwaves of a jet.

The starving calf was rescued by conservationists from the Masai Mara and delivered to an elephant orphanage in Nairobi.

Researchers used supercomputers to create a model of two black holes that formed inside a massive dying star.

The same collision also affected the axial tilt of the ice giant, toppling it sideways.

This softening of climate change as a concept is part of a government-wide strategy to dismantle the pro-environmental efforts of federal agencies, say reports.

China reportedly plans to launch "hyperspectral" and "synthetic aperture radar" satellites, by 2021 to help spy on every object in the contested waters.

The Arctic has the world's largest deposit of LNG and countries seem eager to extract it from under the rapidly receding Arctic ice.

The earliest life on Earth must have appeared more than 3.5-billion-years-ago, according to new research.

Storm Kai-tak pounds Philippines, leaves over 30 dead and dozens missing in island province of Biliran after triggering severe flooding and landslides.

Gliese 436b has mesmerized researchers due to its host of unusual features - including a massive, comet-like tail of vaporised gas that is 50 times larger than its parent star.