The people occupying a cave in southwest England 14,700 years ago were drinking from cups fashioned from human skulls, scientists say.

A mission to discover whether 100 amphibian species believed extinct are still alive ends with few successes.

An underwater carnivorous plant uses a super-fast suction trap to gobble up tiny marine creatures, high speed cameras reveal.

Astronomers say Scotland may get good views of the Northern Lights over the next few days after the sun unleashed a giant solar flare.

Ministers ditch plans to change the ownership of thousands of acres of state-owned woodland in England, with the government admitting it "got this one wrong".

Scientists around the world will be watching closely as three waves of charged particles from the Sun reach the Earth.

In an effort to safeguard the future of more than 1,500 varieties of potatoes, samples are being sent to an Arctic "doomsday vault".

The Prince of Wales lends his support to a drive to increase the red squirrel population.