Venom library to store poison from Australia’s deadliest creatures
Snakes, blue-ringed octopus, spiders, scorpions and platypus among species to be included in Australia’s first dedicated venom storage facility
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Conservationists call for UK to create world’s largest marine reserve
Three proposed reserves in UK waters around the Pitcairn Islands in the Pacific, and Ascension Island and South Sandwich Islands in the Atlantic, would more than double the size of the world’s existing marine protected areas
1970s fashions billow back on to red carpet at Baftas 2015
Glamorous, louche and corset-free – the shapes of the let-it-all-hang-out decade have fans from Julianne Moore to Monica Bellucci
World’s cities experiencing more heatwaves, study shows
Number of extremely hot days a year has increased in hundreds of cities since the 1970s years, with frequencies peaking in the last five years
How Monet became blue chip: the language of wealthy art buyers
Painting of the Grand Canal expected to fetch up to £30m, amid surging interest from super-rich in Asia and Middle East