The world's largest cat is down to an effective wild population of 14 individuals, a genetic study has found.

Researchers working at the Large Hadron Collider have said they expect to discover the Higgs boson particle by the end of 2012.

Health experts are investigating the safety of fish pedicures after concerns that this latest beauty craze could spread infections.

An international team of researchers table a range of engineering ideas that could help protect amphibians from future climate change.

Shuttle Discovery astronauts are about to make the first of two spacewalks this week to carry out maintenance tasks on the exterior of the International Space Station.

Oetzi the Iceman goes on show as a model in the Italian Alps, where he died from an arrow wound some 5,300 years ago.

The botanical question surrounding the daffodil's trumpet may have been solved by Oxford scientists.

Pollution and the scramble for resources could choke China's economic growth, its environment minister warns.