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Nasa believes one of Saturn's moons may be the best place to look for life beyond Earth.

Enceladus has the conditions, including a key energy source, to enable microbes to exist, Nasa says.

Diver Keith Brock and his wife capture a rare close-up video of the shark off the east coast of the United States.

A new fossil suggests an early relative of dinosaurs had some features we associate today with crocodiles and alligators.

Scientists from the University of California in Berkeley have figured out why.

The end may be in sight for one of the world's longest-running series of manual weather records.

The authors say the research can be applied to other structures, such as DNA.

A team of prog-loving scientists made a pact to honour their favourite band, Pink Floyd.

Violent volcanic eruptions in Guatemala are captured by drones for the first time.

British scientists have announced what they are calling an "astonishing" discovery deep in the Atlantic Ocean.

Scientists find a compound based on a molecule in dragon blood helps heal infected wounds in mice.

Scientists will use a "car wash-adapted" drill in a world-first bid to cut through the world's highest glacier.

Climate change scientists aim to become the first team to drill into the world's highest glacier.

A 25-year government plan sets out a bold vision for nature in England, but campaigners say it lacks specific policies.

A robot sea snake that could one day "explore the Titanic" makes its debut at an ocean expo.

It's not a household name, but an ancient amphibian found in the Scottish borders fills a crucial period in the evolutionary record.

They had been kept indoors to protect them from an infectious strain of bird flu.

A Nottingham chemistry professor takes a hammer to the tough new plastic fiver.

Scientists say coral bleaching has damaged the World Heritage site for two years in a row

Coral bleaching has hit two-thirds of Australia's Great Barrier Reef within two years, surveys show.