Sir Paul Nurse, president of the Royal Society, says politicians often show a "total lack of leadership" in ignoring scientific findings.

Scientists say they have made a forensic breakthrough in the fight against wildlife crime by recovering fingerprints from feathers.

Scientists at Stanford University in the US develop a device that can measure the weight of a flying bird.

The American space agency's Curiosity rover smashes up the latest rock it was trying to drill on Mars.

Crew members were evacuated from a US segment of the International Space Station after an ammonia leak was suspected.

Rising demand for gold is leading to the loss of tropical forests in South America, scientists warn.

Stepping up cattle testing is a far more effective bovine TB control strategy than shooting badgers, according to computer modelling work.

The rate at which the global oceans have risen in the past two decades is more significant than previously recognised, say US-based scientists.