Patients in the UK have been enrolled into a trial to see if an engineered virus can be used to heal their damaged and struggling hearts.

Police in Lancashire are searching for a mystery marsupial after people reported seeing one near Garstang.

The largest group of living whales believed to have been seen travelling together in or near the Firth of Forth is recorded by pilots from the air.

A team at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) has launched a project to re-create the first web page.

An enormous hurricane at Saturn's northern reaches - with an eye 2,000km across - has been pictured by the Cassini spacecraft.

A Spanish doctor accused of running one of the world's largest sports doping rings is given a one year suspended sentence for endangering public health.

The idea that humans nearly became extinct because of a super-volcano eruption 75,000 ago is not supported by new data from Africa, scientists say.

Babies who sweat more when faced with scary situations show less aggression at the age of three, according to research by Cardiff University.