Books

Aurora records in royal chronicles from Korea show that during the 'Maunder Minimum' between 1645 and 1715, the sun's solar cycles became several years shorter than they are today.

From the opportunistic "have-a-go" approach of octopuses to "accessory males" that supply female anglerfish with a lifetime of sperm, author Jon Copley explores the sex lives of deep sea creatures.

The rare manuscript is believed to be one of only 277 known copies of Copernicus' book worldwide.

Here's how to enter to win a free copy of the "Prehistoric Pets" pop-up book.

Over decades, a brazen thief stole hundreds of eggs from rare and endangered falcons' nests around the world, to sell to private collectors.

Wild falcons are highly prized by private collectors, who pay tens of thousands of dollars for the rare birds.

A new book by Randall Munroe, author of the popular science webcomic xkcd, explains how to fix real-world problems by using science to find ridiculously complicated solutions.