Aggressive spider-hunting assassin bugs use wind noise as a "smokescreen" to sneak up on their prey, according to scientists.

The UK joins a collaboration with the world's largest laser in a bid to harvest and distribute clean energy.

An intoxicated Swedish elk is freed from a fruit tree after becoming caught while hunting for fermenting apples.

Pioneering UK research shows how poachers of deer and other animals could be tracked down and convicted through traces of their DNA.

The Russian space agency says the Soyuz rocket that failed while carrying cargo to the International Space Station had a production line defect.

An opinion poll suggests that support for nuclear power in Britain has increased in the wake of the Fukushima disaster.