Gas has been discovered off the coast of Greenland after the first drilling for a decade, a sign of a possible oil discovery.

Astronomers discover a planetary system with at least five planets orbiting a star much like our Sun.

Why is Britain braced for a 'war' over this humble fish?

500 years of family history on Cambridgeshire's Fens

Drinking two cups of water before meals can help dieters lose more weight, say US researchers

From fossil plants to sex manuals: the curious career of Marie Stopes

Canadian workers unearth large bones belonging to two separate species of dinosaur while digging a new sewer tunnel in Edmonton.

Charles Darwin may have been wrong to argue that competition was the major driver of evolution, a study suggests.

Did the CIA put LSD in the bread sold in this French town?

Some two tonnes of ivory and five rhino horns are seized in Kenya's main airport in boxes labelled as avocados for export to Malaysia.

Technology developed for space missions to Mars enables terrestrial solar panels to self-clean and stay dust free.

Gandalf, the vulture who decided to go absent without leave during an airshow in Cumbernauld last Tuesday, has returned home

A rhesus monkey is observed inventing a new way to break coconuts, giving him a monopoly over a precious food source.

Microbes taken from a cliff face in the English fishing village of Beer survive for a year-and-a-half on the outside of the International Space Station.

Experts build a house to test energy-saving technologies

Bacteria taken from cliffs at Beer on the South Coast have shown themselves to be hardy space travellers.

The sketch that helped discover the 'secret of life'

An Arctic expedition finds polar bears are preying on the eggs of geese who migrate to the south of Scotland each year.

The hunt for aliens should allow for the fact that ETs may be thinking machines rather than like us, a leading researcher says.

A treatment for the Ebola virus could be nearer after US authorities approve human trials of a drug proven to be effective in monkeys.