An "intelligent" knife that can sniff out tumours to improve cancer surgery has been developed by scientists.

UK butterfly numbers are at a historic low, according to conservationists, but the hot weather could help them bounce back.

Nearly 80% of bumblebees imported from Europe carry pathogens that pose a threat to UK native honeybees and bumblebees, say scientists.

Teeth from the largest land animals to have ever lived reveal the feeding habits of these giant plant eaters.

A British firm that developed technology that allows drivers to access smartphone apps via their dashboards has won a major UK engineering prize.

Biotechnology giant Monsanto is scrapping plans to win approval to grow new types of genetically modified crops in the European Union.

US scientists say they have moved a step closer to being able to treat disorders such as Down's syndrome caused by extra chromosomes.

Chimpanzees and orangutans were able to remember events from three years earlier when presented with with sensory triggers, a new study shows.