Scientists in New Zealand have thawed and started to examine a rare colossal squid caught in a fisherman's net.

Hurricane Odile causes devastation in the beach resorts of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, triggering looting in some areas.

Poor sanitation has caused serious health problems in Haiti - but could a special eco toilet improve the situation?

Europe's Rosetta mission, which aims to land on a 4km-wide comet later this year, identifies what it thinks is the safest place to touch down.

Nick Higham talks to Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari about his book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Formula E is backed by some of the biggest names in the industry and on Saturday Beijing will hold the inaugural race of the season.

In a shantytown in Rio De Janeiro, a British-backed scientific initiative harnesses the energy we generate in our daily lives to light up a football pitch.

The Earth's protective ozone layer is starting to repair itself, according to a panel of United Nations scientists.

The United States puts 230 species of birds on a watch list because of their rapidly declining numbers.

A second year of badger culling has begun in parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset in a bid to tackle bovine TB.

A second year of badger culling has begun in parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset in a bid to tackle bovine TB.

A meteorite that landed near the Nicaraguan capital Managua on Sunday could have come from the 2014 RC asteroid which was passing the earth at the time, experts have said.

Scientists are exploring why it is so difficult at accurately measure the Newtonian constant of gravity.

Research led by experts at Harvard University shows technology can be used to send a simple mental message from one person to another without any contact between the two.

Researchers believe that California blue whales have recovered in numbers and the population has returned to sustainable levels.

Fossils unearthed in Argentina represent the most complete giant sauropod dinosaur ever discovered.

Tim Wilmot has spent 25 years converting his suburban garden into a tropical paradise.

The rich marine life off Tanzania's coast is coming under threat because of blast fishing - a technique using explosives that some fishermen use to maximise their catch.

A giant Archimedes screw is lowered into place as part of Lancashire community project to generate power.

The International Botany Congress decides that Latin will no longer be the primary language for formally describing new species of plants.