Study of primates show males have increasingly elaborate 'badges' where competition is high.
The heaviest rainfall in 80 years has caused flooding in the Atacama region of Chile and landslides in Peru.
Dark matter does not interact with itself, study of colliding galaxy clusters shows.
Some of Antarctica's ice shelves have decreased in mass by 18% over the last 20 years.
Everything you need to know about the astronauts spending a whole year in space.
Asteroid Redirect Mission will test new capabilities including manned mission to Mars.
500m wide asteroid will 'skim past' Earth travelling at 23,000mph.
Case Western Reserve University claims frog can change skin texture within minutes.
Scientists find temperatures peak between 90 and 100km above Venus.
Robinson is the European laureate of the L'Oréal-Unesco For Women in Science.
Meet Sparklemuffin, Skeletorus and other cute members of Australia's colourful Maratus genus.
Experimental evidence shows stars generate sounds with frequency of a trillion hertz.
The San Diego Zoo announced the birth of a hippopotamus and, so far, things appear to be going swimmingly.
Earth Hour, organised by WWF on 28 March 2015, aims to unite people to protect the planet.
Rio turns rubbish into 'art' to dramatise Olympic bay clean-up task.
In this gallery, IBTimesUK looks at sinkholes and craters that have opened up around the world.
Theoretical study suggests structurally sound lava tubes on moon could house cities.
Cern announces problems with restart of LHC but assures 'signs are good' for second run.
Smith remains highly sceptical over shale oil extraction.
Researchers find significant personality differences in personality by British region.
The reburial ceremony of Richard III will be held at Leicester Cathedral on Thursday 26 March.
A Mars One finalist says preference is given to candidates who donate the most money, rather than astronauts
Genetic profile of Americans 'more complex than previously thought'
Brian May says scientific expert opinion is missing from debates in parliament.
Kibo Robot Project developed world's first robot astronaut to understand human/robot co-existence.
Experts warn that Africa faces a poaching crisis that is likely to see a further decline in the number of wild elephants.
Nitrogen and carbon monoxide are the two molecules on which the latest evidences have been built.
Panel has noted that Scotland has for the third time exceeded its climate target.
The 28,000-year-old remains of the mammoth were well-preserved in ice but finding intact cells is difficult.
Jupiter's migration is behind the weird structure of our solar system, scientists say