The postgraduate system in the UK's universities is failing to produce enough highly-skilled staff needed by a modern economy, warns a report.

The government is to make a statement to Parliament on the proposed cull of of thousands of badgers, amid reports it may be delayed.

Scientists attempting to revive the UK's massively-depleted native oyster beds are urging people to carry on eating oysters.

Researchers outline a way to acquire breast tissue scans with up to three times the resolution but just a twenty-fifth the radiation dose.

A 38-year-old surfer dies after a shark attack off the California coast - the second fatal incident there in two years.