DNA from ancient skeletons has revealed how a complex patchwork of prehistoric migrations fashioned the modern European gene pool.

Scott Carpenter, one of the last surviving astronauts from America's original Mercury space programme, dies aged 88.

Some subordinate female meerkats wet-nurse a dominant female's offspring in exchange for not being evicted from the group, a study suggests.

African elephants demonstrate what appears to be an instinctive understanding of human gestures, according to UK scientists.

Professor Peter Higgs gives a news conference at the University of Edinburgh, his first after being jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday.

Food science researchers from the USA have developed a GM yeast that turns rubbish into fuel.

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Prof Peter Higgs reveals he did not know he had won the award until a woman congratulated him in the street.

Astronomers detect the tell-tale signs of a shattered asteroid being eaten by a dead star, or white dwarf.