Hedgehogs are more thinly spread in the UK than previously believed, a study using ink pads to record their paw prints reveals.

Effective urban transit systems can encourage people out of their cars and provide a cost-effective way to tackle climate change, a report suggests.

Engineers build a chin strap that harnesses the energy produced by jaw movements, and could one day power hearing aids or bluetooth earpieces.

King Richard III was probably killed by two blows to the head during a "sustained attack", according to new research.

A trial of an experimental vaccine against the Ebola virus is to begin in Oxford.

BBC Click looks at a new laser projector that promises to deliver brighter and clearer pictures.

Most present-day Europeans are a mixture of three ancient populations, according to a major study published in the journal Nature.