African elephants 'know' when they are in safe areas and become stressed when they leave them, according to a study.

Britain's "space-age" Halley research station in the Antarctic - the sixth in a storied history of stations at the locale - goes into full operation this month.

A permanent museum to Richard III is expected to open in Leicester by early 2014, officials say.

A comet that looks likely to dazzle in the night skies later this year is spotted by a spacecraft dedicated to much closer comet observations.

The European Parliament approves a major reform of fishing to end the wasteful discarding of dead fish and help depleted stocks to recover.

A team developing anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory drugs from research based on the immune systems of sharks receives a £1.5m funding boost.

A substance which has covered hundreds of birds on the south coast is an oil additive, a university says.

Researchers find that 6% of red dwarf stars host habitable, Earth-sized planets - meaning the closest may be just 13 light-years away.