Flocks of birds manage complex social lives with a kind of effortless coordination that many humans struggle to match. By ...

Iceland has no shortage of natural dangers – volcanic eruptions, glacial floods, scaldingly hot springs and bitterly cold winters. But it is at least one of the few places on Earth where humans don't ...

An extension for a former North Hill office block described as “grotesque” and “overbearing” has been given the go ahead after it split Plymouth planners. Members of the city council’s planning ...

The service, at Chichester Cathedral in West Sussex, was introduced as a day to celebrate a “dear friend” for her long life and “many achievements”. Dame Patricia died last month at the age of 96. The ...

When zebra finches hear a call from another bird, they don’t just react on instinct. New research shows that these birds actually understand what those calls mean – in the same way that humans ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has proposed a major reduction in the commercial harvest of lake whitefish from Lake Michigan following steep population declines over the past two ...