Female snapping shrimps are more aggressive than males when defending their territories despite their smaller claw size, a study shows.

England is still not doing enough to tackle the risks from climate change, government advisers say.

Computer graphics are used to show how one of the first land predators on Earth would have moved 410 million years ago.

Health officials in West Africa say 25 more people have died from Ebola since 3 July, taking the total number of deaths to 518.

A contraceptive computer chip that can be controlled by remote control has been developed in Massachusetts.

Long forgotten vials of smallpox left in a cardboard box are discovered by a government scientist at a research centre near Washington, officials say.

Reports indicate Russia has launched its all new Angara rocket on a maiden flight from the northern Plesetsk military cosmodrome.

A new report says the widespread use of a neonicotinoid chemical is linked to a marked decline in bird numbers in Europe.