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Palaeontologist Stephen Brusatte explains the significance of the newly discovered dinosaur fossil that was almost destroyed by dynamite.

A newly discovered species of dinosaur is identified from an extraordinarily complete fossil almost destroyed by dynamite.

A supermoon is due on 14 November and meaning the moon will be the biggest and brightest since 1948 - but what is a supermoon?

Dogs have been dining on human food scraps since the early days of their domestication, a scientific study suggests.

An implant that beams instructions out of the brain is used to restore movement in paralysed primates.

Plastic pollution in the sea gives off a smell that attracts foraging birds, scientists find.

There are now more than 500 pairs of golden eagles in Scotland, a survey of the birds finds.

The use of electric car charging points across Scotland has more than doubled in the last year.

Countries say they are prepared to move ahead on climate change without the US if Donald Trump pulls out of the Paris agreement.

Voters across one Florida county have signalled their approval for releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in a bid to fight Zika.

A final sum of €1.7bn (£1.5bn) is released to Airbus Safran Launchers to enable it to develop Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket.

Residents in Florida are being asked to vote on a trial of genetically modified mosquitoes on US Election Day.

The growth in CO2 in the atmosphere has been slowed by the increased ability of plants to soak up the gas.

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says that the five years from 2011 to 2015 were the warmest on record.

Land Speed Record holder Andy Green has been celebrating the work done in Northern Cape, South Africa, to prepare the fastest ever race car track.

A public appeal to find a second rare left-coiled snail succeeds

Recent centuries have seen a big jump in the rates of erosion in the iconic chalk cliffs on England’s south coast, a new study finds.

Life in the southern hemisphere appears to have recovered more quickly than expected from the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs.

The European Space Agency’s director general says he expects to have at least an interim report on the Schiaparelli crash within the month.

Concerns over a Trump presidency are set to dominate the start of global climate talks in Morocco.