Conservationists call on the public to help survey the state of Britain's countryside by counting butterflies.

Scientists have developed a highly advanced bird song decoder, which can automatically identify the call of a vast variety of birds.

Grow-your-own pacemakers are a step closer to reality, after pioneering experiments in pigs.

A group of MIT scientists announces the development of supplementary fingers controlled by sensors attached to the human hand.

Dozens of passengers on the Malaysia Airlines plane were thought to have been heading to a major international Aids conference in Australia.

The European Commission has responded to criticism of its billion-euro Human Brain Project, declaring confidence that objections will be satisfied.

The demand for ship identification and tracking data acquired by satellites is growing rapidly.

A sea eagle chick, featured on BBC Springwatch, which was seen being pushed out of the nest by an intruder eagle successfully flies the nest.