Scientists are starting to get a much clearer understanding of what squid can hear and how they respond to sound.

A disease which causes birth defects and miscarriages in livestock is found on 74 farms in England, but the National Farmers' Union warns cases are being "under-reported".

It may be possible to one day create "an unlimited source" of human eggs, according to US fertility doctors.

Researchers capture the first image of charges within a single molecule in a pioneering experiment that sheds new light on the molecular world.

Activists in Malaysia stage a protest against the construction of a refinery for rare earth elements, saying the process poses a health hazard.

The civil trial over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster, which was due to start on Monday, is delayed to allow for further talks on a settlement.

An explosion caused by a fire at a Brazilian research station in the Antarctic leaves two soldiers dead and one injured, the Brazilian military says.

Professor Stephen Hawking appears to be in better health as he visits an exhibit about his life at the Science Museum.