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Rare paint particles found in the teeth of a medieval nun indicate that she was an unknown illustrator of sacred texts.

A telescope picks up bursts of radio waves from a distant galaxy, shedding light on an astrophysical puzzle.

Wilpena was one of five koalas to arrive from Australia as part of a conservation programme.

About 200 trees were DNA-tested to find and preserve unrecorded varieties unique to Wales.

EU and US states are to introduce laws helping people to mend appliances that break down.

With sales of vegan foods on the rise, check the environmental impact of plant-based milks.

Following three years of decline, US carbon emissions spiked in 2018, according to new research.

Take a look at the 210ft (64m) mass of congealed fat and rubbish clogging up Sidmouth's sewers.

Female Magellanic penguins are more likely to become stranded in South America because they travel further.

Face-to-face with the marine reptile that swam the ancient seas 200 million years ago.

They have been slammed by their colleagues for making irrational claims based on Hindu mythology.

"We haven't seen many this winter so it's no wonder these have caught people's attention."

A Chinese robotic rover is getting its wheels dirty after rolling off its landing craft and onto the lunar surface.

The Travel Show's Christa Larwood takes two wolves for a stroll and learns how to howl with them.

The sperm whale was reported to be tangled up in rope when it was first spotted on Wednesday.

Researchers at Edinburgh Zoo have found woolly mammoth DNA inside ivory trinkets from the illegal trade.

What China's Chang'e-4 mission could tell us about the far side of the Moon.

Scientists overcome a natural restriction in plants that could boost yields from important food crops.

China has successfully landed on the far side of the moon, but that is not the limit of its ambitions.

New images of Anak Krakatau, which erupted last month and caused a deadly tsunami, are revealed.