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When modern humans arrived in the islands of southeast Asia, they may have encountered a range of ancient human species. 

Last year an expedition to the Mariana Trench made history by conducting the deepest crewed dive ever.

Gamestop investors donate hundreds of thousands of pounds to endangered gorilla charity.

A walrus has been spotted on the western coast of Ireland.

The world's sugar addiction is destroying tropical rainforest.

Economists have called for nature to be valued more highly by governments and financial systems.

They bring on average 688,000 pieces of plastic back onto land every single year.

The brown marmorated stink bug is a new invasive species in the UK.

Meet the young women and girls changing the face of wildlife photography.

Irwin's capture of a bushfire wins the WPY People's Choice Award 2020.

Bushfires are becoming increasingly common across Australia. Discover how the warming climate is restricting the ecosystem's ability to regenerate. 

Photojournalist Kirsten Luce reveals the distressing lives of the animals held captive around the world for tourist entertainment. 

Help your local wild birds to survive winter by putting out these nutritious fat balls. 

Discover the reality behind the ever-popular videos of screaming and fainting goats.

Follow our instructions to make animal and other natural history inspired paper snowflakes.

With 10 free templates for you to download and print.

How people power is saving plants from local extinction in North West England.

Leopard seals are incredible apex predators, but these mysterious mammals are often portrayed as villains.

When modern humans arrived in the islands of southeast Asia, they may have encountered a range of ancient human species. 

Last year an expedition to the Mariana Trench made history by conducting the deepest crewed dive ever.

Gamestop investors donate hundreds of thousands of pounds to endangered gorilla charity.

The world's sugar addiction is destroying tropical rainforest.

A walrus has been spotted on the western coast of Ireland.

To mark British Science Week, Her Majesty took part in a virtual science showcase.

Economists have called for nature to be valued more highly by governments and financial systems.

They bring on average 688,000 pieces of plastic back onto land every single year.

For the first time in 30 years, a meteorite has been recovered in the UK

Meet the young women and girls changing the face of wildlife photography.

By studying modern horseshoe crabs, researchers have been able to build up a picture of how some extinct arthropods such as trilobites may have fed on hard-shelled prey.

Find out which real-life fantastic creature you are in this quiz.

Why does the thylacine still capture our imagination?

The brown marmorated stink bug is a new invasive species in the UK.

New 50p coin collection honours fossil hunter Mary Anning.

The often tightly wound shells of ammonites may be a familiar sight, but how much do you know about the animals that once lived inside?

Plants' many health benefits are helping fight some of humankind's biggest killers, such as heart disease and cancer.

The Mars 2020 rover landed near the Jezero Crater on 18 February 2021. 

It is shedding light on how the Columbian mammoth came to be. 

The fossilised tooth of a nine-year-old child found in Shuqba Cave is the most southerly evidence of Neanderthals ever discovered.

Meet some of the animals that bust out their best moves to attract a mate.

Tiny plastic fibres have been found in the stomachs of deep-sea fish living in a remote part of the South Atlantic Ocean.

Rather than a violent turnover of populations, there was a merging of communities.