Scientists have finally unravelled the meaning of squeaks and whistles that make up dolphin "speech".

U.S. scientists have developed two biochips that might eventually eliminate the need for animal testing in the chemical and cosmetics industries.

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Scientists believe they have found two new undocumented mammals – a pygmy possum and a giant rat – in the jungles of a remote mountain range in Indonesia’s Papua province, a conservation group said.

How often has a man wished he had some foolproof gadget to let him read the female mind? Now, with the arrival of the mood-reading dress, that help may just have arrived.

An Imperial Stormtrooper commando broke into Santa’s Factory on the North Pole yesterday evening, killing an undetermined number of elves, arresting the owner and confiscating his sled.

These handy stickers will increase the visual appeal of many different items while showing off their inner nature.

It’s a scene that brings laughter and cheers from visitors to a Japanese aquarium - two white beluga whales wearing Santa hats. But environmentalists are saddened by the sight of what they say is the final humiliation for the whale in a country that hunts them down with harpoons.

There will be no new sporting world records after 2060 as humans will have reached their physiological limits, French scientists have claimed.