A nine-year-old girl from the Isle of Wight has a dinosaur whose fossil she found named after her.

The UK could move a step closer later to allowing the creation of babies made from two women and one man to prevent "mitochondrial" diseases.

The Royal Institution announces that it has received an anonymous £4.4m donation that will help ease its financial difficulties.

Giant squid around the world are "basically identical" despite looking very different, scientists say.

Scientists find the best evidence yet for a giant lake beneath the surface of Jupiter's moon.

Jupiter's icy moon Europa is a prime target for future space missions as it harbours a buried ocean that could have the right conditions for life - but jagged ice blades could make landing hazardous.

Green groups are angry that farmers will be paid twice by taxpayers for the same work under a new EU subsidy plan.

This morning the sun will cross the equator into the northern hemisphere and our days will become longer than our nights. But is there any sign of spring in the air? BBC Weather's John Hammond looks at our prospects.