Scientists describe a 15cm-long Chinese spider that lived 165 million years ago - the biggest fossilised arachnid yet found.

The National Trust will vaccinate badgers against TB this summer in a bid to curb the disease in cattle - the first such programme of its kind in the UK.

New habitats need to be created in Deeside and Perthshire to help save capercaillie from dying out in the UK, the RSPB say.

A breath test using an "electronic nose" can distinguish between healthy patients and those with various cancers, according to a study.

The giant solar flare witnessed in February was the result of five adjacent, twisting sunspots, say researchers at the National Astronomy Meeting.

Planets in distant star systems may have black plants, according to new research by British astronomers.

A study of the birth of a chimpanzee reveals that the animals give birth in a way that was thought to be unique to humans.