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Another bird from the island of the dodo is in danger of becoming extinct, scientists have warned.

While the plants flowered, lunar soils negatively affected their growth, meaning there is still some way to go until farming on the Moon becomes a viable prospect. 

Male trilobites could have acted like modern horseshoe crabs, using claspers to grip females and increase their chance of fathering young.

The 1918 influenza pandemic, also known as Spanish flu, can help scientists understand how modern viruses evolve as they spread across the world. 

Aerial photo of poisoned Romanian village Highly Commended in the fifty-seventh Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

The UK's insect population has fallen sharply as the invertebrates are affected by rising temperatures and fragmented habitats.

Diseases which spread between animals and humans, such as Ebola virus, are likely to spread further than ever before.

Habitat loss and human persecution are the key drivers of their decline, with crocodiles and turtles most at risk.

Aerial photo of poisoned Romanian village Highly Commended in the fifty-seventh Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Mesmerising blood-sucking mosquito Highly Commended in the Behaviour: Invertebrates category of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 57.

Community Care won the Photojournalist Story Award in the fifty-seventh Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. The images document the efforts of the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue centre and sanctuary, which rehabilitates orphaned chimpanzees.  

A chilly scene of willow trees rising above a frozen lake in Italy.

A log pile can give home and shelter to some of the smaller inhabitants of your garden.

A garden pond is one of the best ways you can help Britain's wildlife. You can create one in even the tiniest of gardens.

Birds need access to water year-round. Help them out by building a simple garden bird bath. 

The mountain chicken is teetering on the brink of extinction, but we may now have a way to save them.

Aerial photo of poisoned Romanian village Highly Commended in the fifty-seventh Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Another bird from the island of the dodo is in danger of becoming extinct, scientists have warned.

While the plants flowered, lunar soils negatively affected their growth, meaning there is still some way to go until farming on the Moon becomes a viable prospect. 

Male trilobites could have acted like modern horseshoe crabs, using claspers to grip females and increase their chance of fathering young.

The 1918 influenza pandemic, also known as Spanish flu, can help scientists understand how modern viruses evolve as they spread across the world. 

We now know how whales evolved from furry, four-legged critters to giants of the ocean.

The UK's insect population has fallen sharply as the invertebrates are affected by rising temperatures and fragmented habitats.

Moon dust can be used to create the materials needed to explore space.

There are fewer than 10 vaquita left in the world, but it's still possible to save the species.

Some of the largest animals that ever lived retained their size right up until they were wiped out 200 million years ago.

Can you match these songs and calls to nine common British garden birds?

Diseases which spread between animals and humans, such as Ebola virus, are likely to spread further than ever before.

Habitat loss and human persecution are the key drivers of their decline, with crocodiles and turtles most at risk.

Analyses of three meteorites suggest that the raw material for the origin of life may have formed in space.

A new report from the British Ecological Society warns the UK needs to change how it looks after biodiverse areas of the country.

Over half of all seabirds have been lost in the past 50 years, seeing less of the nutrients vital to life moved from sea to land.

A new natural history course for UK high school students will help pupils develop a deeper understanding of the natural world.

The world's first flying vertebrates may also have been some of the biggest show-offs.

It beats the previous record holder by tens of millions of years.

Though Gasteranthus extinctus may be Critically Endangered, there is hope it can be brought back from the brink.

Freezing koala eggs and sperm may help to buy the species time while wider threats are tackled.

Some of the species, described for the first time, are smaller than a 1p coin.

Understanding how bats, which are one of nature's largest disease reservoirs, have changed over time can help scientists to identify new disease hotspots.

With the finding yet to be published in a scientific journal, debate continues over whether this could be the case.