A new free trade agreement involving the US and Pacific nations could water down a global ban on removing the fins from sharks.

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of why birds fly in a V formation, by tracking critically endangered birds that were being trained to migrate.

Surgeons in Oxford improve the vision of six patients who would otherwise have become blind using a gene therapy technique.

Ministers are being urged to show greater leadership on flooding by keeping water in the hills away from homes

Comedians, like many other creative types, have personality types linked with psychosis, researchers claim.

China's Jade Rabbit Moon rover has completed its first examination of the lunar soil, reports say.

People may one day rely on caffeine to boost our memory as well as wake us up, a study suggests.

The UN body tasked with removing and destroying Syria's chemical arsenal says security concerns have slowed down the process.