Analysis of a 50,000-year-old scrap of human faeces adds weight to the view that Neanderthals ate plants as well as meat.

Researchers say that "immediate protection" is required for the pristine waters around the remote Pitcairn Islands in the Pacific.

"Drastic action" is needed to contain the spread of deadly Ebola in West Africa, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Nasa says the most complex test yet of the parachute system for its Orion spacecraft proceeded without a snag.

Insects find locating their favourite flowers gets harder when there are competing smells around, new research shows.