Britain’s rich landowners are fuelling climate change by clearing peat bogs for grouse shooting, according to a report.

Tests on an alternative atomic clock suggest that it could be used to redefine what a second is.

The National Botanic Garden of Belgium is staying open late to give visitors a chance to see one of the world's largest and smelliest flowers.

Reductions in air pollution levels in major cities around the world could reduce hospital admissions for heart failure, a study suggests.

The rover the US space agency (Nasa) sends to Mars in 2020 will look for signs of past life.

A woolly mammoth, 39,000 years-old and found incredibly well-preserved in ice in Siberia, Russia, is to go on display in Japan.

Al-Qaeda could gain access to Syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons with potentially "catastrophic" consequences, a parliamentary committee is warning.

Earthworm poo can be used to measure past temperatures, providing a window into the ancient climate.