Stephen Dowling

French photographer Gilles Sabrié captured this dystopian scene as the world headed towards lockdown in February 2020.

The world's largest invertebrate remained hidden from humanity until a tantalising glimpse 100 years ago. But it would be decades before we come face to face with the colossal squid.

In January 2020, Thailand's authorities were amongst the first to have to grapple with a worrying new disease. The frontlines included the country's shopping malls.

Filming the BBC's landmark series Asia took its crew on a four-year-long odyssey from the open ocean to the "roof of the world".

The F-16 jet fighter took its first ever flight in 1974, but it is still as important an aircraft now as it was then.

Great hammerheads are odd-looking and mysterious creatures, but scientists may have found the first ever nursery for these enormous sharks.

The asteroid Bennu could one day collide with Earth – and is a time capsule from the Solar System’s early days. Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission has captured it in stunning detail.

Sharks were long thought to have poor eyesight, but recent research is revealing new insights into their ability to see colours and if they can distinguish prey from people.

There’s a lot that can go wrong on a rocket launch. Over the decades, however, the failure rate has been surprisingly consistent.

The world’s first solar power station was built before World War One, created by a man with a vision for cleaner air.