The scale of ancient woodland being lost to development in Britain is being made worse because of a lack of accurate data, say campaigners.

Scientists think they can now explain the astonishing discovery of a graveyard of fossil whales in Chile that accumulated more than five million years ago.

More than 20,000 crops, including the first shipment from Japan, arrive at the "Doomsday seed vault" as the Arctic depository marks its sixth anniversary.

Scientists in Scotland are given a £4.2m grant to develop new technology to test for one of astronomy's most elusive targets - gravitational waves.

World-renowned climber Hamish MacInnes believes this winter in Scotland's mountains has the most snow since 1945.

Archaeologists say they have discovered the almost complete remains of a Roman school of gladiators on the banks of the Danube in Austria.

The science team sifting data from Nasa's Kepler space telescope says it has identified 715 new planets beyond our Solar System.

Scientists say they've found a mechanism by which the scent of pine forests can limit the impacts of global warming.