UK pupils are being offered the chance to speak to astronaut Tim Peake by video-link next year, during his six-month mission around the Earth.

Thermal footage reveals how hummingbirds lose heat as they beat their wings up to 70 times per second.

Aeroplanes may be making a high-altitude icy haze that is brightening US skies, according to a group of scientists.

Increases have been agreed for the UK fishing industry in quotas for fish including North Sea cod at annual EU negotiations.

Polar bears are working harder just to stay in one place, as the Arctic sea-ice on which they hunt drifts away.

The European Court of Justice rules the European Commission breached EU law over the potentially harmful "endocrine disruptor" chemicals.

Researchers use quantum dots to create what has been classed as the world's smallest inkjet-printed picture.