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A 12ft-long python found on the Norfolk Broads has still not been found.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove plans to pay farmers for protecting the environment and creating rural jobs.

The bag was used by astronaut Neil Armstrong to collect the first ever samples of the Moon in 1969.

A 10-year-old boy's stumble unearthed a prehistoric skull, which he then got the chance to help excavate.

The number fledging from the UK in 2017 is more than the total number for the previous 30 years.

Male elephant seals recognise the rhythm of one another's voices, researchers say.

A US congressman asked scientists if the Red Planet could have been occupied "thousands of years ago".

Pangolins in the forests of Africa are at risk of being pushed to extinction like their Asian relatives.

Scientists unearth evidence that Aboriginal people may have entered Australia over 65,000 years ago.

Being friendly is in dogs' nature and could be key to how they were domesticated from wolves.

A UK zoo is taking part in a radical plan to save the world's last northern white rhinos from extinction.

Dogs were tamed from a single wolf population between 20,000 to 40,000 years ago, a study suggests.

The European Space Agency turns off one of its most successful ever missions - LISA Pathfinder.

The birds were collected under licence for translocation to a part of Spain where they have not bred for years.

New research suggests the dinosaur could go no faster than a very brisk walking pace.

Legislators vote to extend a programme that charges firms for releasing pollutants to the year 2030.

We're all used to ants sprouting wings and taking to the air during summer, but is there really such a thing as a "flying ant day"?

New radio telescopes far more powerful than any used before aim to shed light on extra terrestrial activity.

Satellite images show the colossal Larsen iceberg continuing to edge away from the White Continent.

New research reveals why bigger is not always better in the animal world when it comes to speed.