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Ivory and tuna top wildlife talks
UN wildlife negotiations begin on banning the trade in bluefin tuna and permitting sales of ivory at a two-week summit in Doha.
Apollo men decry Obama Moon plans
Nasa Moon astronauts tell the BBC President Barack Obama's decision to cancel the US lunar programme is "catastrophic".
Coffee car
The waste fuel for your motor that won't cost a lot
What happened next? Zebra puts head in hippo's mouth
A zebra at Zurich Zoo appeared doomed when visitors saw its head in the mouth of a hippo, but it was only cleaning its teeth.
What happened next? Zebra puts head in hippo's mouth
A zebra at Zurich Zoo appeared doomed when visitors saw its head in the mouth of a hippo, but it was only cleaning its teeth.
Powering up
Japan's home fuel-cell tech to take on Europe
Climate linked to smaller birds
Songbirds on the US east coast are becoming smaller, a trend thought to be driven by climate changes.
Siberian tigers die at China zoo
Eleven rare Siberian tigers die at a zoo in north-eastern China, raising fears over treatment of captive animals in the country.
Decapitated group 'were Vikings'
Fifty-one decapitated skeletons found in a burial pit in Dorset were those of Scandinavian Vikings, scientists say.
Thalidomide effect mystery solved
The mechanism by which thalidomide causes birth defects including malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.
The brain scan that can 'see people's memories'
Scientists say they have been able to tell which past event a person is recalling using a brain scan.
In pictures
Learning from bears' love of telegraph poles
Half-cock chicken mystery solved
Researchers in Edinburgh say they have solved the mystery of why some chickens hatch out half-male and half-female.
Parched island
Politicians look away as Cyprus dies of drought
Farming future
The dawning age of the agricultural automatons
Japan protest over tuna ban plan
Japan voices opposition to a proposed ban on international trade in bluefin tuna, after the EU backs the plan.
Scientists to review climate body
The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.
EU to back bluefin tuna trade ban
EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.
Starling flock 'falls from sky'
Mystery surrounds the deaths of 75 starlings which fell from the sky.
Ancient eggshell yields its DNA
The eggshells of long-dead and extinct species are a particularly good source to find preserved DNA, researchers say.
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