The UK is not on track to hit its climate change targets through the 2020s, government advisers have warned.

An international team of scientists identifies a new bird species, in an unexpected context in the capital city of Cambodia, Phnom Penh.

A computer model has supported the social brain theory - that animals in complex social groups have evolved larger brains.

Public hearings begin in The Hague as Australia and Japan take their fight over whaling to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Astronauts from China's fifth manned space mission land safely after a 15-day trip to the Tiangong-1 space laboratory.

Our perception of a food's taste can be influenced by the appearance of the spoon or fork used to eat it, research suggests.

A wounded seal pup which was washed up on a Cornish beach is put down after being declared the first ever to catch bovine TB.

An experiment in rats suggests it may one day be possible to restore bladder function in paralysed patients, research suggests.