The UK is to sign a deal with France to strengthen co-operation on civil nuclear energy, Downing Street says ahead of a Franco-British summit in Paris.

More than three-quarters of the Severn Estuary's mudflats could disappear over the next 100 years as sea levels rise, a report warns.

A massive increase in the number of field voles in the Trossachs is helping boost the barn owl population in the area, experts say.

Music could have had a big influence on the design of Stonehenge, according to an American researcher reporting at an annual science meeting in Canada.

Canadian researchers train sea lions to participate in an experiment to find out why the species is dying out.

Researchers have sequenced the genome of the killer disease that is driving the remaining wild population of Tasmanian devils towards extinction.

Researchers show off a "robot" made of DNA molecules that can target cancer cells and release a payload of antibodies once they find them.

A report claims groundwater contamination concerns around fracking - hydraulic fracturing of shale formations to extract natural gas - are overstated.