September

Discovering the largest Winchcombe meteorite in a field of sheep poo.

The moth is famous for its enormous tongue - the longest of any insect.

The loss of the world's primates will lead to a greater loss of diversity than first thought, as their parasites also risk extinction. 

The oldest confirmed human footprints from the Americas have been found in New Mexico, pushing back the date of our ancestors' arrival on the continent by thousands of years.

Coral reefs have declined by over half since the 1950s as they suffer from the effects of climate change and overfishing.

Spicomellus afer is the oldest ankylosaur ever discovered. 

Animals are 'shapeshifting' as the planet warms, as limbs, ears and beaks change size to adapt to rising temperatures.

Six new species of dragonflies and damselflies have arrived in Britain since the late 1990s.

A new company has been launched to restore the woolly mammoth to the Arctic tundra.

The world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, could disappear in the next century as rising sea levels threaten to submerge its habitat.