Warmer seas and a record hurricane season in 2005 have devastated more than half of the coral reefs in the Caribbean, according to scientists....

The level of the Mediterranean Sea is rising rapidly and could increase by up to half a metre in the next 50 years, scientists in Spain have warned....

Dramatic new pictures have revealed the unseen side of Mercury in detailed images taken from a Nasa spacecraft orbiting the planet....

A wall mentioned in the Bible's Book of Nehemiah and long sought by archaeologists apparently has been found, an Israeli archaeologist says. A team of archaeologists discovered the wall in Jerusale...

More than 10,000 scientists, bureaucrats and politicians from 186 countries have gathered Monday on the Indonesian island of Bali for the beginning of what is perhaps the world's largest-ever conferen...

The discovery of a giant alien world circling a distant star has led astronomers to believe they have located a near twin to our solar system in a far-flung corner of the galaxy. Nasa scientists confi...

Global temperatures predicted for the coming centuries could trigger a mass extinction, UK scientists have warned....

At a press conference in Tokyo on Tuesday, Hitachi unveiled its new "Ultra Thin" LCD TVs, a new line of flat-panel sets that measure only 35 millimeters (1.5 inches) in thickness. While other companie...

A PIGEON breeder used live birds to tempt predators away from his racers. David Colwill, 55, constructed a wire mesh cage with three finches inside to lure hawks away from his pigeon loft, Peterlee m...

A toddler in Washington state knew how to dial 911 and had a big enough vocabulary to tell the operator her mother was hurt and needed help. Two-year-old Alana Miller said, Momma owie, when the ope...