Until now it has been a mystery how loggerhead sea turtles manage to migrate thousands of miles across oceans with no visual landmarks.

A top forensic expert warns of a 'serious mismatch' between the government's aim to commercialise forensic science and a legal requirement for openness.

A vast mud volcano, which left thousands homeless in Indonesia, is likely to continue erupting for another 26 years, say researchers.

Scientists in the United States say newborn mice can re-grow their own hearts after sustaining significant damage.

An analysis of sabretoothed cat's jaws has shown how it evolved to cope with its enormous canine teeth.

European nations press ahead with their 3.4bn-euro (£2.9bn) project to build a next-generation weather satellite system.

An unpopular theory that modifies gravity appears to outperform the theory that invokes dark matter, in studies of galaxies with few stars and lots of gas.