Findings pave the way for a 1.2 million square kilometre claim to the UN on hydrocarbon drilling rights.

Kerechene was laboratory-made in South Korea by scientists who also want to genetically engineer the return of the woolly mammoth.

Hope for millions around world with preparations under way for clinical trials on people starting next year.

Aged 71, she shuns civilisation and accepts a helicopter ride back to her home in remote Siberia, without a gun to protect her from bears.

Scientists make crucial new discoveries of bacteria, up to 30 million years old.

Bones found in 2008 are finally examined and found to belong to a giant monster that roamed the Earth 100 million years ago.

These extraordinary pictures give graphic new evidence of climate change.

Vivid red and orange paintings by Bronze Age artists go on show for the first time.

But has he put his Big Foot in it? Professor Valentin Sapunov hits the headlines round the world with the claim.