A huge crustacean called a supergiant - more than 30cm long - has been discovered 7km down in the waters north of New Zealand.

Scientists fail to find any evidence that "big cats" killed two roe deer found dead in Gloucestershire.

Shares of Australian miner Lynas surge after Malaysian authorities grant it a licence to operate a rare earth refinery.

Explaining the remarkable strength of spiders' webs

Research shows that primitive moss-like plants could have helped cool the Earth 470 million years ago, bringing on mini ice ages.

The German-UK consortium building the operational spacecraft for Europe's Galileo sat-nav system wins a contract to provide an additional eight units.

Meadows of seagrass, a keystone species in marine ecosystems, found in the Mediterranean Sea are likely to be tens of thousands of years old, a study shows.

Astronomers have found a fourth planet with conditions similar to Earth, which they say could support life.