Scientists and explorers aim to discover how Arctic sea ice melts, in a bid to build better forecasts of the region's future.

The kilogram is losing weight, so what is science going to do about it?

Bats in Borneo have been found roosting in carnivorous pitcher plants.

Naturalist Sir David Attenborough lends his support to Scottish scientists with a film on cold-water corals for a new website.

Sap from a common garden weed appears to be effective in treating non-melanoma skin cancers, say experts.

Scientists solve the mystery of the seahorse's strange and beautiful shape with slow-motion footage showing how it helps them to feed.

Experiments show how conditions around a far-flung star may have formed the building blocks of life in the form they are found on Earth.

In warm summers, Greenland glaciers run slower than in cooler years - which could mean the icecap is more stable than previously thought.