Bird family tree shaken by discovery of feathered fossil
A beautifully preserved fossil bird from 52 million years ago is shaking up the family tree of the birds.
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UK’s forgotten woman astronomer honoured
The Royal Observatory Greenwich is to start serious study of the sky again with a facility named after astronomer Annie Maunder.
Marine plastic: Hundreds of fragments found in dead seabirds
Flesh-footed shearwater chicks are starving to death, because their stomachs are full of plastic, BBC documentary reveals.