Despite having protected status, the biodiversity in a large number of tropical forests is still continuing to decline, a study suggests.

The idea that exercise is more important than diet in the fight against obesity has been contradicted by new research.

Cold and wet weather has had a disastrous effect on the breeding season for swifts, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds says.

Two birds of prey who set up home in Glasgow's Red Road flats raise what is believed to be the city's first ever peregrine falcon chick.

One of the most primitive snake fossils ever found hints that the slithery reptiles might have originated on land, not in the sea.

It's official ... even ancient folk needed a nit comb.

Researchers reveal a technique to fool iris scanners at the Black Hat security event in Las Vegas.

Aged members of a termite species use chemical weapons to injure nest intruders, a study in Science journal shows.