The latest spacecraft in Europe's long-running Meteosat series goes into orbit to provide continuity of data for forecasters.

Scientists attempt to count the number of places flying ants appear in the UK, as they swarm across cities during their mating flights.

Shipping lanes around the Panama Canal are likely to be constrained in order to protect whales, it emerges at the International Whaling Commission meeting.

US experts have developed what they claim to be the most biologically accurate robotic legs yet.

Worms that took a ride on the International Space Station show genetic changes associated with longer lifetimes in worms on Earth.

Science journal Nature wins a long-running libel case, prompting campaigners to renew their calls for reforms to the libel law.

A web-based map showing areas at imminent risk of flooding is proving popular as many parts of the UK continue to be affected by unseasonal heavy rain.

Two large wind farms off the coast of Norfolk are approved by the government, but a third development is refused.