A meteorite found in Antarctica could lend weight to the argument that life on Earth was aided by an extraterrestrial import.

The European Commission is to unveil proposals to end wasteful discarding of fish - but nations haggle about what should replace it.

A controversial cull of ruddy ducks in the UK has cut numbers to just 120

The US grants the first new permit for deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico since last year's spill at a BP-owned oil well there.

University researchers hope the study of old bones will help develop new treatments for back pain sufferers.

Greater bamboo lemurs are a step further from extinction as new populations are discovered.

Rescuers working in the quake-hit ruins of Christchurch cathedral unearth items that could contain documents dating back decades.

A new test for prostate cancer may be more reliable and accurate, claim researchers.