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By studying the long lives of killer whale families, researchers say they have solved the evolutionary mystery of the menopause.

Plans for a £1.3bn tidal lagoon off Swansea are backed in a government-commissioned review.

A gibbon living in the tropical forests of China is a new species of primate, scientists say.

Scientists say they have solved the mystery surrounding a sea creature that lived more than 500 million years ago.

Millions of women have no problem with the pill but some find it shatters their mental health. Here The Debrief's Vicky Spratt describes years of depression, anxiety and panic.

A camera attached to the neck of a female polar bear shows two bears breaking through ice sheets to hunt for prey.

Blind mice regain partial vision after stem cell reprogramming

Scientists have found a new species of gibbon living in the tropical forests of south west China.

Scientists decode "dog-directed speech" - and they find puppies respond but older dogs ignore it.

A male Japanese monkey has been filmed trying to mount and mate with a Sika deer.

Targets on CO2 will continue despite a climate change sceptic becoming president, a UK minister says.

Indigenous groups and river dwellers are battling the government and big corporations over the huge dams being built to meet Brazil's energy needs.

A warming world is harming insects ability to reproduce, which could have long-term consequences, scientists warn.

Critically endangered chimpanzees in Ivory Coast craft extra-absorbent drinking sticks, researchers observe.

Scientists believe they have established the identity of a "missing element" in the Earth's core.

Critically Endangered chimpanzees in the Ivory Coast craft extra-absorbent drinking sticks, remote cameras reveal.

Renewable energy will continue to grow in the US despite the antipathy of the incoming Trump administration.

Scientists say mothers hold babies on the left to help in bonding - and this is not unique to humans.

Scientists discover a 'clear signal' of urbanisation in the evolution of organisms around the globe.

A look at life inside China's most polluted city. Shijiazhuang is currently underneath a thick layer of toxic smog.