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Professor David Siveter from the University of Leicester explains how a 425 million year-old parasite was frozen in time at a site in Herefordshire.

Dogs may have been domesticated much earlier than previously though, Swedish researchers suggest.

Researchers discover the 425-million-year-old remains of a new species of parasite - still clamped to the host animal it invaded.

Thousands of species of the ocean's tiniest organisms are revealed in a series of studies.

Satellites have recorded a big sudden change in the behaviour of glaciers on the Antarctica Peninsula, according to a UK-based team.

Clean-up crews are working around the clock as investigators look into how tens of thousands of gallons of oil spewed into the sea off Santa Barbara.

Swedish researchers say that dogs may have been domesticated much earlier than some studies suggest.

New research reveals that a girl buried 3,400 years ago in Denmark who became one of the country's best-known Bronze Age relics was probably born in Germany.

Romania gripped by tensions over illegal logging

The Large Hadron Collider is smashing protons at the highest energy ever attempted - but they are only test collisions, as the LHC continues to gear up its second run.

The UK strawberry industry is expected to smash its sales record this year by £50m.

The El Nino event predicted for later this year has the potential to increase food prices, say climate scientists.

Stones tools that are 3.3 million years old have been unearthed pre-dating the earliest-known humans in the Homo genus.

Three firms working in very different fields make the 2015 shortlist for the MacRobert Award, the UK's longest-running engineering prize.

Scientists hold a dedication ceremony to inaugurate the Advanced Ligo facilities, which will be trying to detect gravitational waves from some of the most violent events in the cosmos.

The UK is among the worst countries in the EU for protecting its wildlife habitats, says an official report.

Animal protection groups and marine scientists say they have successfully suspended the recording of a TV series called "Dolphins with the Stars".

Organic farms act as a refuge for wild plants, offsetting the loss of biodiversity on conventional farms, a study suggests.

The Inuit people of Greenland are challenging an EU ban on seal hunting and the trade in seal meat and skins, arguing it has "crashed" the Inuits' economy.

US researchers say that they can distinguish individual right whales based on the sound of their vocalisations.

A titanium floor will protect the Bloodhound supersonic car from a maelstrom of grit when it tries to break the land speed record later this year.

New discoveries about ash clouds could help predict where planes can safely fly following volcanic eruptions, Edinburgh researchers find.

UK scientists take science lectures to the pub in the Pint of Science festival in 12 cities across the country.

A project will see thousands of schoolchildren experiment on seeds that have spent six months on the International Space Station.

Is the British front garden disappearing?

Scientists have figured out how to brew morphine using the same kit used to make beer at home.

British astronaut Tim Peake invites schoolchildren to help him in an experiment to learn more about how to grow food in space.

How Aboriginal legend is informing science

A project is underway that uses tourist photos to make 3D digital reconstructions of artworks destroyed by IS in Iraq.

Where mobile phones are banned for 13,000 square miles

Open Air Laboratories (Opal), the citizen science network, is expanded and will now includes projects in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The roll-out of Inmarsat's Global Xpress network, the UK's biggest commercial space venture, is facing several months of delay because of a Russian rocket failure.

The chief executive of Unilever, Paul Polman, urges governments to set clear targets to force low-carbon innovation.

Hundreds of people in kayaks and small boats stage a protest in the north-western US port of Seattle against Arctic oil drilling by Shell.

The netting capturing water in Chile's desert

A breeding programme is being set up for the rare Tansy beetle, which is threatened with extinction.

A Russian rocket carrying a Mexican satellite malfunctions and burns up over Siberia soon after launch on Saturday, Russia's space agency says.

New guidelines are passed to prevent pollution from ships passing through polar waters, but environmentalists are calling for tougher measures.

The metal that brought you cheap foreign holidays

Dozens of British beaches and lakes are at risk of failing to meet tougher European water quality standards this summer.

The deep-water opah becomes the first fish known to regulate its own temperature, using heat from its flapping fins to warm its heart and brain.

Roy Taylor will cross 68 miles of the Trans Pennine Trail in his wheelchair to help raise money to "get rid of obstacles" to give the disabled greater access to the countryside.

A massive eel caught by fishermen off the coast of Devon narrowly misses the British record.

A record number of England's beaches are at risk of failing to meet EU water quality standards this year, the Environment Agency warns.

A study suggests that when most galaxies stop forming stars, this death is a slow process that gradually chokes them of the necessary cool gases.

Italian engineers build a surgical arm inspired by the humble octopus, with a tube of coffee granules playing a key role in its action.

British soprano Sarah Brightman calls off her trip to the International Space Station citing "personal family reasons".

The global pharmaceutical industry is being called on to pay for a $2bn (£1.3bn) innovation fund to revitalise research into antibiotics.