Study establishes there are less than 250 of the species left in the Sahara.
Population explosion of bright pink sea slugs linked with warming ocean temperatures.
Images from ESA's spacecraft orbiting comet shows mysterious aspects of frozen ancient body.
Looking for a cool wedding venue? They don't come much cooler than a church made of ice.
Tourists at Grand Canyon National Park witnessed a rare treat on Wednesday (January 28) -- a meteorological phenomenon known as cloud inversion.
Gallons of oil lying on the sea floor pose a major problem for marine life.
EGCG found to trigger process in mitochondria leading to oral cancer cell death.
A direct link of the Earth's crust rebound to recent warming has been established.
While atmosphere adapts to global warming in terms of storms, heat waves in urban areas show a disturbing trend.
Newborn chicks associate low numbers to their left and high numbers to their right.
Beautiful photos of people and animals in the snow in Belfast.
ESA's video shows multiple lightning strikes in Romania as seen on the International Space Station.
Fifth of Americans accept both science and the Bible as the literal word of God
Volcano Hunga Tonga has been erupting for the last month and has created a new island.
Megamouth shark in Pio Duran was only the 60th of the species ever to have been seen.
Computer simulation of such an event has been offered as an explanation for the vastly differing hemispheres of Mars.
Skeleton with 7-metre-long neck believed to belong to 160 million year old species.
Scotland's moratorium on fracking applications welcomed by environmental campaigners.
Partial skull found in West Galilee show both species inhabited same are at same time.
Researchers say the original theory that thermal convection can drive magnetic-field generation is correct.
Comet Lovejoy, C/2014 Q2, discovered in 2014, will make its closest approach to the sun on 30 January.
Psychologists say having money in the bank can decrease sadness, but happiness still can't be bought
Extremely elusive African golden cat shown hunting red colobus monkeys.
A new non-destructive method of inducing magnetism in graphene preserves its electronic properties
Oxford University researchers are trying to figure out how to make nano-scale synthetic filaments.
Renowned biologist says religious faith is holding back human progress.
Mummified monk from 1800s found perfectly preserved in lotus position.
ESO's Very Large Telescope captures 'gaping mouth of a gigantic celestial creature'.
Mayans turned into 'drought cult' as climate change triggered ultimate collapse of civilisation.
A powerful blizzard struck Boston and New England, but spared New York City residents.