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Anthropocene
Half the world's killer whales may go extinct within 50 years
Refuges in the Arctic may help save the species.
28 September 2018 -
News
Could storms be behind the lost beluga in the Thames?
Experts think it is likely that the beluga came from the direction of Svalbard off Norway.
26 September 2018 -
News
A beluga whale could have swum into the river Thames
The animal was spotted this afternoon near Coalhouse Fort in East Tilbury, Essex.
25 September 2018 -
News
Hayabusa2 lands two rovers on asteroid Ryugu
The rovers have captured the first ever images from the surface of an asteroid.
24 September 2018 -
News
Fat molecules preserved in a 558-million-year-old fossil help settle decades-old debate
The discovery of cholesterol is consistent with Dickinsonia being an animal.
21 September 2018 -
News
The secret history of Hope the blue whale has finally been revealed
Evidence suggests she may have given birth the year before she died.
21 September 2018 -
News
Net to catch space debris around Earth is successfully deployed
Scientists are trying to clean up the tens of thousands of pieces of junk in space.
20 September 2018 -
Science news
New species of blind eel that burrows through the soil discovered
The fish burrows underground and breaths through the lining of its mouth.
17 September 2018 -
News
Water voles return to Exmoor for the first time in 30 years
The rodents are being reintroduced in the hope of starting a new colony.
13 September 2018 -
News
The oldest drawing ever found is a stone 'hashtag'
The earliest human drawing, dating back to the Stone Age, has been found in a cave in South Africa.
12 September 2018