Vampire bats' strict blood diet makes them lose much of their ability to taste bitter flavours, scientists show.

The monarch butterfly uses a magnetic compass to navigate thousands of miles across North America, scientists discover.

Britain is running out of land for food and faces a potential shortfall of two million hectares by 2030 according to new research.

Scottish woman Corinne Hutton is to be the first person in the UK to have a double hand transplant, BBC Scotland reveals.

A South Korean research institute has developed a goosebump sensor that it says could be used to measure changes in a wearer's emotional state.

Scientists have developed a vaccine that they say provides some protection against brain tumours in mice by boosting the immune system.

Researchers have developed a new manufacturing method which could bring down the cost of making a type of solar cell.

Antibiotic resistance has been selected as the focus for a £10m prize set up to tackle a major challenge of our time.