Insurance for at-risk families costs other households too much, says report.

The New Horizons probe returns new pictures of the dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon, Charon.

Ecuador announces a state of emergency in the Galapagos after a ship with hazardous materials ran aground, threatening the islands' ecosystem.

Scientists working on Europe’s Planck satellite say the first stars in the cosmos burst into life more than 100 million years later than previously thought.

Chimpanzees can change their grunts to communicate with new companions, according to a study of captive animals moved from the Netherlands to Scotland.

The American space agency's (Nasa) Dawn satellite returns its latest images of Ceres as it approaches orbit insertion on 6 March.