The exact chemical recipe of stale beer is elucidated, and researchers suggest simple ways to prevent the fresh taste of beer degrading.

Russia's Arctic foxes are under threat from an expanding population of red foxes, according to scientists.

Protesters are expected at BP's first annual general meeting since the Gulf of Mexico oil leak.

Dundee University academics use digital technology to recreate the face of a Viking whose skeleton was excavated 30 years ago.

Shrinkage in parts of the brain of some Alzheimer's patients can be detected up to a decade before symptoms appear, a small study shows.

Japanese police begin searching for victims of the 11 March earthquake within a 10km zone around the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant.

Animal health experts are taking DNA samples from newly-born peregrine falcon chicks in Cornwall to try to catch unscrupulous bird dealers

A comparative study of the eye parts of dinosaur fossils and modern-day lizards and birds suggests some dinosaurs hunted at night.