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Facial recognition tool tackles illegal chimp trade

Tue, 2019-01-22 23:39
Automated software is now scouring social media posts looking for evidence of ape trafficking.
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Davos: Prince William to interview Sir David Attenborough

Tue, 2019-01-22 21:02
The Duke of Cambridge will put questions to the naturalist at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday.
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Dippy the dinosaur arrives in Scotland

Tue, 2019-01-22 19:37
The famous replica skeleton, usually displayed at London's Natural History Museum, goes on show in Glasgow.
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Antarctic krill: Key food source moves south

Tue, 2019-01-22 08:58
A warming climate shifts the distribution of the krill species eaten by whales and other predators.
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Fossil shark named after 80s video game

Tue, 2019-01-22 02:04
The shark's teeth resemble alien spaceships from the game, Galaga, according to US scientists.
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He Jiankui: China condemns 'baby gene editing' scientist

Mon, 2019-01-21 22:10
Investigators say He Jiankui sought "fame and fortune" with his claim to have edited baby genes.
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The rare super blood wolf moon eclipse

Mon, 2019-01-21 21:22
The first and last blood moon of the year peaked this morning.
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In pictures: 'Super blood wolf moon'

Mon, 2019-01-21 18:00
Some stargazers struggled to see the rare lunar eclipse which makes the moon appear to glow red.
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Black Arrow: UK space rocket returns home from Australia

Mon, 2019-01-21 11:06
The Black Arrow projectile had lain at its crash landing site in the outback for more than 48 years.
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Skywatchers await 'super blood wolf moon'

Sun, 2019-01-20 12:03
Elizabeth Rizzini explains the 'super blood wolf moon' - and forecasts the weather for UK skywatchers on Monday.
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Skywatchers await 'super blood wolf moon'

Sun, 2019-01-20 11:52
During the spectacular event, the Earth's natural satellite turns a striking shade of red.
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How do you transport a rhino from Germany to the UK?

Sun, 2019-01-20 10:03
Follow Najuma the black rhino as she is transported from Germany to a new home in Yorkshire.
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Swimming with biggest great white shark on record

Sat, 2019-01-19 10:04
Footage emerges of divers getting up close and personal with a massive great white shark.
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Saturn's spectacular rings are 'very young'

Fri, 2019-01-18 06:30
One of the most distinctive features in the Solar System is no more than 100 million years old.
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Swimming with sharks

Fri, 2019-01-18 02:21
The shark, believed to be one known as Deep Blue, weighs 2.5 tonnes and is nearly 20ft long.
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Climate change: Is nuclear power the answer?

Fri, 2019-01-18 01:57
How green is nuclear power and what are the other options?
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The coffees you've never heard of which face extinction

Thu, 2019-01-17 10:41
Of 124 coffees in the world, we only drink two, but we need to protect all of them, say scientists.
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Giant ice disk appears in Presumpscot River, Westbrook

Wed, 2019-01-16 23:00
The approximately 91m (298ft) wide frozen slab formed naturally and has been slowly spinning.
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Cairns catastrophe

Wed, 2019-01-16 08:22
Two months ago, a record-breaking heatwave devastated Australia's population of spectacled flying foxes.
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World's loneliest frog finds a possible mate

Wed, 2019-01-16 00:45
The world's loneliest frog, known as Romeo, finds friends (and a possible date) after water frogs found in the wild.
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