What happens to the ocean if we take out all the fish?

Find out about the vital role fish play in sea life.

Cleopatra's lost tomb

You told us that historical mysteries capture your imaginations, so here's an ancient Egyptian riddle.

Kate Speller

For our readers' issue, we met a zookeeper who works with big cats.

Voyager 1 turns back on

At more than 15 billion miles from Earth, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is the most distant human-made object in space.

Orangutan uses plants to heal wound

For the first time ever, a wild animal has been observed healing a wound using a plant as medicine.

Mammoth marine reptile found on UK beach

Scientists believe the ichthyosaur could be the largest ever found.

THE LAB

Three things to make and do

The brains between the sticks

Is it true that goalkeepers see the world differently?

ALIEN HUNTERS

JD Savage blasts off on an out-of-this world quest to find life beyond Earth's borders.

NATURE IN FOCUS

Join in with Science+Nature's trail at Cheltenham Science Festival.

ROAR POWER

Scratch the myths - Isabel Thomas earns her stripes and reveals the truth behind tigers' extra-ROAR-dinary powers.

SUGAR RUSH

Join the candy craze as Claire Karwowski studies the sugary science of sweets.

Wildlife watch

Stevie Derrick shows you what to spot in nature this month

The Sixth Sense

Could humans have more than five senses?

Catherine Heymans

Meet the starry-eyed astronomer who loves backyard stargazing.

WORLD OF WHIFFS

Stevie Derrick follows her nose to track down the world's grossest stinks and nastiest niffs.

Dogs can understand names of objects

Humans enjoy talking to their dogs. If you have a four-legged friend of your own, you might have taught them to respond to commands like \"sit\" and \"stay\".

Smoke rings in the sky

In April, videos were filmed of Mount Etna, a volcano on the Italian island of Sicily, puffing what looked like smoke rings into the sky.

Huge gold nugget found

A gold nugget that could be the largest ever found in England was recently put up for auction. Metal detectorist Richard Brock discovered the nugget on farmland during an organised expedition in Shropshire last year.

Evolutionary tree shows birds in a new light

Researchers have produced the most detailed evolutionary tree of birds ever.

The largest plane to ever fly

Take a first look at the mighty Radia WindRunner aircraft

Should cruise ships be banned?

The world's biggest cruise ship has set sail but is it good for the planet?

SCIENCE WORLD

Go on a journey through time and help stop plastic waste this month.

Lucid dreaming

What if you could control your own dreams?

Animal migrations

Discover the secrets behind nature's greatest wonder

Wildlife watch

Author, TV presenter and vet Jess French shows you what to spot in nature this month.

Albert Lin

Meet the explorer using futuristic technology to uncover the past

BORN TO RUN

Isabel Thomas rides with the horses who've swapped the stables for life on the wild side.

Flying reptile discovery brings surprises

Scientists have discovered that a pterosaur (flying reptile) found on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of Scotland, is in fact a new species.

High-tech hedgerow map

All the hedgerows in England have been mapped using laser scanning technology, and researchers have found that there are 242,000 miles of them in total – enough to wrap around Earth ten times.