A warning system with the potential to protect against the devastating and costly effects of a massive solar storm could be on the horizon.

Landslides are responsible for the deaths of up to 10 times as many people worldwide than previously thought, research by a UK university suggests.

Ants helped create a biodiversity hotspot in the Cape region of South Africa, scientists believe.

Researchers radically improve a microwave version of the laser, which could find application in medicine, explosives detection, or even the hunt for aliens.

Eating two handfuls of walnuts a day can improve sperm quality in young men, a study suggests.

There has been an increase in the number of students studying A-level science subjects. In his column, our Science Correspondent, Pallab Ghosh, explains some of the factors behind this upsurge in interest.

The wreck of the ship that carried Captain Robert Scott on his doomed expedition to the Antarctic a century ago has been discovered off Greenland.

A Norwegian driver on a rural road swerves to avoid a moose and hits a bear instead, officials say.