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Some flies see six times faster than us, catching prey in mid-air in less than a second.

Alexander Blanco's conservation work is helping to save the world's most powerful eagle.

The near-6,000 sq km block of ice known as A-68 looks finally to be on the move.

It will enter clinical trials to prevent and treat the infection next year.

A new study shows that Neanderthal brains developed more slowly than ours.

The call of storm petrels are recorded for the first time on islands where rats came ashore from shipwrecks.

Why firms are spending millions to beat each other into orbit

The fast-growing US solar industry is at odds with itself - and the decision may be left to Trump.

Sir David Attenborough spoke to the BBC about Zoo Quest, the environment and the planet's future.

DNA from ancient remains is used to reconstruct thousands of years of population history in Africa.

The idea of plant-eating dinosaurs having a strict vegetarian diet is called into question.

The small satellite industry is the fastest growing part of the space sector "and they all require launch" says Rocket Lab boss Peter Beck.

Evolutionary biologist Matthew Cobb unpicks a lecture that, sixty years ago, set the course for the genetic revolution.

The people of the Guna Yala archipelago, off the Panama coast, may be among the first island communities to leave their homes and move onshore.

In this photo essay, photographer Clayton Conn shares his experience of the Mexico City earthquake.

The UK and US reach an agreement that aims to allow freer movement of research equipment and scientists.

Understanding the first moments of life could lead to better IVF and explain why women miscarry.

Barn owls keep their acute sense of hearing into old age, scientists have discovered.

Rivalries in Orkney more than 4,500 years ago led to competition between communities, according to new research.

The ambitious goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C is still within reach, a study indicates.

The biggest and the smallest of the world's fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles are most at risk of dying out.

Volunteers came to the aid of a seal after its neck was trapped within a plastic flying ring.

Meet Dr Matt Zeale who is leading a team of conservationists tracking the rare barbastrelle bat.

Rhino horn is being processed into bangles, beads and bracelets, a charity's investigation reveals.

Reports say the US will no longer withdraw from the Paris deal or will change its approach.

How tiny creatures with small brains outwit us so easily.

She survived a 16km (10-mile) car journey, clinging to the axle of a four-wheel drive near Adelaide.

A happy ending for a family of hippos.

The chief scientists who worked on the spacecraft react after it plunged into Saturn’s atmosphere.

The US-led Cassini space probe reaches a spectacular climax, burning up in Saturn's atmosphere.

Cassini's about to crash into Saturn, but here's what it's achieved over the last two decades.

Scientists explain how they discovered a water ocean beneath the ice shell of Saturn's moon Enceladus.

The conservation status of the elusive snow leopard is downgraded from "endangered" to "vulnerable".

It took seven years for the US-European mission to get to the ringed planet, launching in 1997.

David Malin has spent four decades photographing space. Now retired, he has held a competition to inspire other astrophotographers.

The Saturn probe takes some final images ahead of its mission-ending dive into the ringed planet.

Science is laying bare the secrets of orchids, one of the biggest families of flowering plant.

Queen's University scientists design a flexible long-life battery that could be used in pacemakers.

Berries are appearing early this year - and promise to last much longer than usual, according to experts.

Emergency crews have begun an oil spill clean-up after an oil tanker sank close to the island of Salamis.

The RNLI closed Perranporth beach to swimmers because of large numbers of jellyfish-like creatures.

The veteran space probe puts itself on a path to destruction in Saturn's atmosphere on Friday.

A photographer settles a legal fight against an animal rights group over a "monkey selfie" photograph.

Researchers and LGBT groups clash over facial recognition tech that supposedly spots gay people.

A vaccination programme to stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis is also restarting.

Figures from the government are seen as a milestone in the advance of renewable energy.

A door-opening method that involves using the "wrong" hand should be taught to drivers, groups say.

Why, in the mission to improve the health of man's best friend, scientists say greedy Labradors are at the head of the pack.

Scientists ask whether everyone should have the right to become a "transhumanist" by modifying our bodies with technology.

Animals and plants may be living in warm caves under Antarctica's ice, according to a study.