Scientists have uncovered a group of 40 genes that appear to make North America's monarch butterflies fly thousands of miles south each autumn.

When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved implanting microchips in humans, the manufacturer said it would save lives, letting doctors scan the tiny transponders to access patients' medical records almost instantly. The FDA found "reasonable assu

Satellite technology is being deployed by Scottish Natural Heritage in its war of attrition against 10,000 American mink estimated to be rampaging around the islands of Lewis and Harris.

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Scientists in Malaysia could try to clone the critically endangered leatherback sea turtle, the world's largest living reptile, if other efforts to conserve it fail, a report said Thursday.

More than 500 Tennessee streams are polluted with E. coli bacteria, according to information from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. "I used to think flowing water was always fun and a good place to recreate.

A Russian biologist has been trying to recreate a fully fledged Ice Age eco-system in a remote corner of Siberia, complete, if possible, with woolly mammoths.

Chinese archaeologists exploring a 2,500-year-old tomb in east China's Jiangxi province that contained 47 coffins in a remarkable state of preservation were stunned to discover several pieces of green crystal lodged in the bones of the skeletons

Greenhouse growers plan to bring British scientists to Australia to help prove the benefits of importing bumble bees.

In a historic move, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the expert review comments and responses to its latest assessment of the science of climate change.

If you want to find out what sorts of plants live in a place, you can painstakingly hunt down every species or you can check with the local spiders, suggest a team of Chinese, Indian and British researchers