In his new book “Serpentine,” Mark Laita captures hypnotic portraits of dangerous and colorful snakes from across six continents.    

One of the two programs that monitor greenhouse gases said that it had revised a reading suggesting that carbon dioxide had surpassed the symbolic level of 400 parts per million.    

A fresh look at studies finding a less potent warming from the continuing buildup of greenhouse gases.    

Osamu Shimomura, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist who, as a teenager, lived through the dropping of an atomic bomb, recently visited the birthplace of the atomic era.    

In her fourth book, Temple Grandin sets out to examine how a disorder takes shape in the brain.    

Researchers have been researching genes and other factors that might determine whether you have straight, curly or wavy hair, but they are not close to developing a medical intervention.    

The loss of tropical rain forests is likely to reduce the energy output of hydroelectric projects for countries whose economies depend on them.    

While some recent studies suggest that the doubling of carbon dioxide levels will not result in as high an increase in temperature as previously thought, they are not the last word.    

The Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield celebrated his last day in charge of the International Space Station by releasing an elaborately produced cover version of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” recorded around the office in his spare time.    

Researchers reported that the greater wax moth can sense sound frequencies of up to 300 kilohertz, about 140 kilohertz more than dolphins, known for their keen sense of hearing.    

Fishing has been a major source of income in the coastal regions of West Africa but overfishing is still a huge problem.

Top-selling nonfiction titles based on the sciences.    

Researchers detected eggs of intestinal worms in stool samples with about 70 percent accuracy using an iPhone with an $8 lens attached.    

The World Health Organization says it appears likely that the novel coronavirus (NCoV) can be passed between people in close contact.

Joe Farman, the man who helped identify the "hole" in the ozone layer over Antarctica, dies after a short illness aged 82.

Eating insects could help fight world hunger, improve nutrition and reduce pollution, according to a new UN report.

Conservation organisations call for the regulations to be tightened on the use of a shipping chemical that has killed or injured thousands of seabirds.

A BAE Systems aircraft flies without a pilot in UK airspace shared with passenger flights for the first time.

A look back at Cmdr Hadfield's tweets from space

Gas finds off east Mediterranean bring tensions and hopes