Panama shook in seconds, but the forces behind the powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake had been building for years.

An Iberian high will lift Norwich to 22°C before an intense Atlantic front brings 20.1mm and gales to Glasgow on Tuesday.

A calmer Sunday brings a brief respite before unsettled weather returns, but how could Hurricane Isaias influence the UK's ...

LHS 1140 b, a super-Earth in the habitable zone, is losing helium. This discovery could help scientists study its atmosphere.

The team at Devon-based Fishtek Marine, along with the RSPB, developed a floating scarecrow called a Looming Eye Buoy (LEB).

The researchers used a wind tunnel to observe nightjars flying at different speeds and measured the airflow behind the animals. The results showed that the bird’s broad wingtips, likely used for ...

Terracotta pots: which houseplants struggle with porous clay, why they lose moisture so quickly, and which alternatives are ...

Mosasaurs were a group of marine reptiles, specially adapted to hunting in the ocean. Researchers reconstructed the bodies of ...

Why Orangutan mothers go the extra mile to find playmates for their young, travelling from their own core area into others ...

Tropical Storm Isaias could rapidly strengthen into a hurricane before bringing wind, storm surge and heavy rain to the Gulf ...

A tiny predator that lived 165 million years ago could hold surprising clues to the evolution of mammals. Discover how this unusual Jurassic creature is changing what scientists know about our past. A ...

Larger than the domes of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul and St. Paul’s Cathedral in London: it stands in a small spa town.