The ozone layer around the earth is showing its first sign of thickening after years of steady depletion, a UN team says.

New figures show destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has risen again, with more than almost 6,000 sq km (2,315 sq miles) being cleared.

Around five football fields of tropical forest have been illegally cleared every minute between 2000 and 2012 according to a new report.

Scientists in Birmingham are trialling new medical tests that lead to rapid, pitchside diagnosis of concussion in sport.

The Rosetta spacecraft has sent a hauntingly beautiful picture of itself from deep space.

A giant fossil, unearthed in the Sahara desert, has given scientists an unprecedented look at Spinosaurus - the largest-known carnivorous dinosaur.