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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.

World Land Speed record holder Andy Green looks forward to the first, low-speed runs of the Bloodhound supersonic car.

Scientists studied zooplankton found in a Scottish loch to better understand their behaviour.

The wildcat could be reintroduced into the UK for the first time in 1,300 years.

A mariner says there is a "raft" of plastic debris spanning 965,000 square miles in part of the South Pacific.

Scientists have dated the trees to a previous ice age 60,000 years ago, when sea levels were far lower.

A "raft" of plastic debris spanning more than 965,000 square miles is floating in the South Pacific.

Acclaimed Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani dies of breast cancer aged 40.

Six of the world's large carnivores have lost more than 90% of their historic range, new analysis says.