Thresher sharks use overhead "tail-slaps" to hunt sardines, stunning and eating several fish at a time, research reveals.

A UK team is building a synthetic chromosome to be inserted into the world's first synthetic yeast which could help make products such as vaccines and biofuels.

Scientists believe they are closer to understanding why a common virus infecting cats can turn deadly.

A solar satellite spots a speeding tsunami stirring the surface of the Sun, simultaneously helping settle a stumper about our star's searing surrounds.

Genetic research has challenged the idea that the dogs present in America when Europeans arrived were replaced by animals brought by the settlers.

Fragments of two ancient stone axes found in China could display some of the world's earliest primitive writing, Chinese archaeologists say.

For the first time, astronomers have determined the true colour of a planet orbiting another star - and it's a deep azure hue.

Today's 90-year-olds are surviving into very old age with improved mental faculties, Danish research suggests.