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Tommy Lamb fell in love with Snapper, the Venus flytrap character, in the retailer’s Christmas advert.

These fascinating houseplants can be propagated via cuttings, division, or seed – here's how to try it at home

Want to pick up your own unconventional festive mascot this Christmas? Here's what you'll need to know

November is when the winter constellations of the Northern Hemisphere become more prominent; it's the time of year when Orion, Taurus and Gemini are visible almost all night long.

Attacking Diego Velázquez’s Rokeby Venus failed to achieve votes for women in 1914, so why do it again?

In a first, researchers discovered oxygen atoms on the dayside and nightside of Venus' atmosphere.

I revere art as much as the next person but if I get more angry at the protesters than their cause I need to reevaluate

Scientists found atomic oxygen buried between two dominant currents in the hellish planet's atmosphere.

As well as a rare lunar occultation, stargazers can catch the Leonid and Taurid meteor showers in the coming weeks

Some fans were ‘dissatisfied’ with Snapper the Venus flytrap, while others said it provided a much needed ‘laugh’

How did our species, Homo sapiens, arrive in Western Europe? Published in Nature Ecology Evolution, our new study analyses two skull fragments dating back between 37,000 and 36,000 years to conclude that our ancestors came from Eastern Europe and migrated westwards. These two individuals interbred with Neanderthals and with the very…