Experiments show wet objects are easier to handle with water-wrinkled fingers than with dry ones, hinting at a deeper evolutionary driver behind prune-like skin.

Astronomers more than double the number of known comets around far-flung stars, suggesting there may be as many comets as there are other planets in the galaxy.

'Prehistoric-looking' shoebill chicks demonstrate aggressive sibling behaviour for the first time on film.

Experts question whether diet drinks might increase depression risk after a large US study finds a link.

A 300m-wide asteroid, known as Apophis after the Egyptian demon of destruction and darkness, makes a close approach to the Earth.

A new form of norovirus called Sydney 2012 is causing many of the cases of vomiting and diarrhoea in England and Wales.

The world's mostly southerly herd of reindeer is to be culled in an attempt to save the environment of the tiny island of South Georgia.