A new study unpicks how the skin of the Texas horned lizard funnels water towards its mouth, and unveils a plastic replica that uses the same principles.

Much-loved birds including curlews and cuckoos are under a growing threat from climate change in England.

Subsidies for many new solar farms are to end under plans being published by the government.

The latest images from Nasa's New Horizons probe reveal another mountain range on Pluto.

Two separate genetic analyses have found evidence for a surprising genetic link between the native populations of the Americas and Oceania.

MPs accuse the government of denying them a say over planned cuts to solar subsidies, with an announcement coming a day after the summer recess began.

New research suggests that the impact of fracking and shale gas in reducing US carbon emissions has been overstated.

Scientists come up with an improved method for building tiny 3D structures out of strands of DNA.