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An ancient reef may provide scientists with clues about what will happen to coral when sea temperatures rise.

An earthquake is recorded in the North Sea about 155 miles east of Aberdeen.

Natural selection is driving orcas, commonly known as killer whales, to evolve into two separate species, a study reveals.

A Tasmanian Devil who experts hoped was immune to a facial cancer that threatens the marsupial species is euthanised after developing tumours.

Darwin's artificial rainforest in the South Atlantic

Researchers working on trials of genetically modified crops in Norfolk have grown potatoes which resist disease.

An expedition reveals sharp new photos and video of the Titanic wreck, appearing to show the vessel is not as badly corroded as was feared.

Some 57,000 people have been forced from their homes because of dramatic floods in south-western Sudan over the past month, officials say.

One of the giant booster rockets intended to power the first stage of flight on Nasa's next rocket has been tested in the US.

Scientists have found evidence for an ancient sea passage linking currently isolated areas of Antarctica.

A further test ignition takes place on the giant booster intended to power Nasa's next big rocket.

Surveying the world's first 1,000mph race track

The theory that the great beasts living in North America 13,000 years ago were killed off by a space impact can now be discounted, a new study claims.

The vast majority of biofuels sold on UK forecourts are imported and do not conform to environmental standards, figures show.

Drinking a glass of milk can stop garlic breath, scientists discover.

Fossils of a new type of dinosaur, which looks like a beefy version of the predatory Velociraptor, have been unearthed in Romania.

Vets at Cairo's Giza Zoo are experimenting with the human birth control pill in an attempt to slow their rapidly expanding population of lions.

The UN's climate science body needs stricter checks to prevent damage to its credibility, an independent review concludes.

Where now for the UN's climate science body?

A team of 86 global scientists sequence the genome of the Golden Delicious apple for the first time.