Independent advisers appointed by the government are set to publish their report into what should happen with England's publicly owned forest estate.

Leaves are getting narrower on some plant species as a result of changes to the climate, a study - described as the first of its kind - suggests.

Adding enzymes from seaweed microbes to toothpaste could provide better protection against tooth decay, scientists believe.

Experiments with parkour athletes wearing oxygen-measuring equipment reveal how orangutans move through the forest most efficiently.

LHC scientists reporting in the UK and Geneva claim the discovery of a new particle consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson.

Two chimpanzees which attacked a US student in South Africa will not be put down because they were defending their territory, an investigator says.

The theft of peaches in China sets scientists' work back at least a year, according to a peach-growing team.

South Korea proposes resuming whaling as part scientific research programmes similar to Japan's, in a move widely criticised at the IWC.