For the first time, biologists measure the force applied by climbing snakes and find that they squeeze up to five times harder than necessary.

A new assessment from Europe's CryoSat spacecraft shows Greenland to be losing about 375 cu km of ice each year.

Part of the UK's problem with flooding is self-imposed, according to new research.

A new study suggests that modern humans and Neanderthals co-existed in Europe 10 times longer than previously thought.

Scientists pull up thousands of different types of micro-organisms from Lake Whillans, a large body of water buried 800m under the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.