Stephen Hawking warns over Donald Trump's climate policy in a BBC interview marking his 75th birthday.

A powerful rocket, the Long March-5 Y2, failed an hour after lift-off from Hainan island.

Ministers say ending the arrangement will help the UK take back control of access to its waters.

Japanese underwater photographer Ryo Minemizu has photographed the plentiful but often ignored residents of the ocean.

The Mexican government is to use US Navy-trained dolphins to locate and herd endangered vaquitas.

Wild mallard ducks have been spotted hunting and eating migratory birds to the surprise of scientists.

Searing weather across the UK and Europe was made more likely by human-induced climate warming say scientists.

Bees are dying out in winter because of the pesticides used to protect crops.

The largest study to-date on neonicotinoid pesticides concludes they harm honeybees and wild bees.

The UK's biggest space company takes the next step in its project to boost wi-fi in planes over Europe.

For the first time, urban bats are being monitored in real time using smart sensors at a London park.

Household energy bills and carbon emissions will rise unless ministers devise new policies to save power, a report says.

A team of German designers has reinvented the tree to clean up urban air pollution. Using the natural power of moss, they hope to make city air safer to breathe.

The UK's favourite yellow submarine completes its first major science expedition in the Antarctic.

There are just four breeding pairs of the iconic bird of prey left in England.

Journalist Angela Saini argues that it's easy for prejudice to affect scientific research.

The government pledges to pay its "fair share" towards an EU backed nuclear project after Brexit.

Amy Dickman has had some close shaves with big cats and humans while working with cheetahs and lions.

African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina wins the prestigious World Food Prize for his work to boost yields and farm incomes.

The greater strength of chimpanzees, relative to humans, may have been explained by American scientists.