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A new biography shows how MS Swaminathan helped India leap from hunger to food self-sufficiency.

Readers share their autumnal pictures from around the north-east of England and Cumbria.

The engineer says his invention was created at his mother-in-law's dining table.

Mike Richardson hopes to reunite the wartime notebook with its owner or his family, he says.

The vaccine appears to prime the immune system in a powerful, nonspecific way, enhancing cancer treatment outcomes. If confirmed, the discovery could lead to a universal cancer vaccine and transform oncology care.

Jack snipe are one of the most elusive birds for birdwatchers due to their size and camouflage.

A holiday park in Cumbria has seen an increase in red squirrel numbers over the last year

Powick Old Bridge will be restored by 2028.

A range of items are unearthed during the fifth year of excavations, such as pottery and jewellery.

Refuse collector Richard Colgrave, who made the discovery, says he is "disgusted" by the cruelty.

Seabird populations were soaring: a breeding colony of 2,000 sooty terns had established themselves on Bikar, whereas the year before there had been none. Jacques saw greater crested terns and brown noddies nesting on the ground, a Christmas shearwater — a dark-brown seabird which he says has never been recorded on Bikar before — and species of geckos and land crabs that were absent in 2024. “(Species) that were undetectable before, because they were so suppressed by the rats, were re-appearing,” he says.

One of the most striking signs of success was the thousands of seedlings of the native Pisonia grandis trees that had sprung up across the forest floor. In 2024, they had counted zero. “To come back onto the island and immediately see a carpet of seedlings was a real early indication for me that something radical has changed here,” says Jacques.

Japanese sushi legend Jiro Ono won three Michelin stars for more than a decade, the world’s oldest head chef to do so.

Jake Sexton is following in the footsteps of his father Tim, who also shares an interest in wildlife.

The story of a dramatic and heroic rescue that has captured the public imagination in Ukraine.

The discovery of the nesting birds - once extinct in England - is a "significant record".

The King Tiger tank has been in the collection at The Tank Museum, in Bovington, since the 1950s.

The product is a key element of lithium-ion batteries and is found in electric vehicles.

Aidan Hart made an icon of St Edward which was gifted to The Pope at the Sistine Chapel.

Ruby has raised £12,000 for the Royal British Legion since she was four years old.

The tusk sits in a bespoke display in the zoo, alongside life-sized animatronic Ice Age creatures.

The calf was born at Woburn Safari Park,giving hope to one of the world’s rarest antelope species.

From a red-throated loon touching down on water, to good and bad hair days, and an airborne squirrel, here is a selection of the finalists in this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards