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Beating extreme odds and difficult breeding conditions, a second endangered Chinese pangolin was born in the Prague zoo in less than 2 years.

Australians with their eyes trained skyward may catch a glimpse of a "once-in-a-lifetime" stellar event in the coming months.

It's hoped the same strategies could be used to map the DNA of ancient Egyptian mummies.

The discovery is "unique" and raises more questions than answers, a major museum said.

'When I saw the data, I immediately knew we found something special.'

Researchers in South Korea say they've developed a new way to make lab-grown meat taste like the real deal. It may look like a transparent, bubble gum pink-coloured disc, but scientists hope it could revolutionise the meat on people's plates.

The source of the potentially deadly disease is still under investigation in the state of Colorado.

The devastating Hurricane Beryl has left death and destruction in its wake - and experts fear more to come.

The number is "shocking", according to researchers, but the real figure could be higher.

The findings signalled a decline in "environmental stressors" partly due to the country being under lockdown at that time.

When Hannah was seven years old, she told her parents she didn't want to be afraid of food anymore.She had stopped wanting to go to Girl Scouts, birthday parties, restaurants, family celebrations and even the dinner table.

A stingray that got pregnant at a North Carolina aquarium this winter despite not having shared a tank with a male of her species for many years has died.

A French research team found partially or completely covered buildings, waste and contaminants in "significant quantities", with penguins living nearby,

The gaping chasm opened above an area where limestone is mined underground.

The planet is facing what conservationists have labelled the 'sixth great extinction of life on Earth', but now an international team of researchers have pinpointed the exact locations we need to save to avert the crisis.

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is continuing to explore the red planet, documenting everything it comes across with a high-quality navigational camera that continues to capture sights never before seen by humans.

Blink and you'll miss it, because it's over and done in less than half a second.

New alcohol research focusing on women is producing some alarming data, scientists say.

The changes that could result can only be speculated on at this point, researchers say.

Today is the winter solstice in Australia. But what does the event mean and what will happen?

Residents stumbled upon several pieces in regional North Carolina in late May and early June.

A weight loss jab has been found to "cure" the disorder.

The insect is hoped to consume and turn about 600 tonnes of food scraps into fertiliser and animal feed.

The new research could revolutionise the way medications such as anesthetics are administered.

Fifty Australians are diagnosed with Parkinson's every day, yet there is currently no conclusive test to help catch it early.

Far below the ocean's surface, the sighting of a rare squid was exciting - but what it was doing really came as a surprise.

New research suggests that if you want to age well, indulging in a bit of brie or gouda is one way to go about it.

Seventy-five years ago today, a rhesus money was launched into space. He wasn't the last to leap into the void.

As far as records go, the Black Summer fires were unprecedented in their scale and ferocity. But a new discovery tells a different story.

A collection of fossilised bones more than 100 million years old found in Queensland belong to a previously unknown species of ancient flying reptile, new research has revealed.

The Quest was found using sonar scans on Sunday evening, sitting on its keel under 390 metres of churning, frigid water, the society said.

New DNA findings have revealed some striking common characteristics among dozens of sacrificed people.

New research has underscored the need to rapidly develop space medicine ahead of planned missions.

The giants of the animal kingdom call each other and respond to individual names, new research found.

The researchers said keeping cash to hand whenever possible was the right way to spend.

A cutting-edge new treatment involving mapping the DNA of tumours more than doubled the two-year survival rate of kids with high-risk cancers, an Australian study has found.

The bionic eye allows blind patients to locate doorways, avoid obstacles and find items on table-tops.

The predator regurgitated a fully intact echidna off the Queensland coast as stunned researchers looked on.

The Aussie researchers say the new space-based tech can spot growing blazes by smoke.

Boeing has launched astronauts for the first time, belatedly joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for NASA.

The report was cited in a sweeping speech about the threat of climate change by UN Secretary-General António Guterres to mark World Environment Day.

Bigger is not always better in the bird world, new Australian research suggests.

The mRNA vaccine was developed by Moderna, and given to patients in combination with an immunotherapy drug.

Sydney Harbour has had a glimpse at the nation's most important vessel for ocean research, as it stops in the city before embarking on a voyage to map deep-sea canons.

The mosquito-borne virus killed seven people in Australia in an unprecedented outbreak in 2022.

The research showed more than half of Australian parents had used corporal punishment at least once.

A groundbreaking Australian study aims to understand the root causes of sore throats in children and their seasonal variations

A new study has suggested that having tattoos could be a risk factor for lymphoma, a kind of cancer.

Just 40 light years away, Gliese 12b, which completes its orbit every 12.8 days, is practically in our galactic neighbourhood.

The prehistoric egg-laying mammal thrived in Australia during an "age of monotremes", scientists say.