Scientists are working to reduce the noise levels and hazardous collisions that blight whale populations swimming off the northeast coast of the US.

An international standard on water reduction has been launched by the UK's Carbon Trust in order to encourage businesses to use water more sustainably.

Injured military personnel who have legs amputated are to be given the most up-to-date prosthetic limbs after the government set aside £6.5m.

Scientists say further study of the Higgs boson will reveal if there is an inherent instability in the Universe, leading to its eventual replacement.

The birth of a rare giant armadillo has been recorded for the first time in Brazil.

Brecon Beacons National Park has become Wales' first and only the fifth destination in the world to be granted the status of an international dark sky reserve.

A patient infected with a new respiratory illness similar to the deadly Sars virus has died in the UK.

Russian scientists say they have found fragments of a meteorite that struck in the Urals region on Friday, injuring some 1,200 people.