Europe pushes ahead with 'dune buggy' Mars rover

Airbus-UK wins a contract to advance the design of a robot for the Red Planet with…

A Bee C: Scientists translate honeybee queen duets

Queens “quack” when ready to hatch – but if two are free at the same time,…

Garden villages locking-in car dependency, says report

A group promoting alternatives to the car said one garden village could be seven miles from…

Mars: Green glow detected on the Red Planet

A joint European-Russian satellite observes a light in Mars’ atmosphere that’s generated by oxygen. …

BP plans for post-coronavirus low-carbon future

The firm expects prices to be lower as plans to cut carbon emissions are sped up…

Solar Orbiter: Europe's Sun mission makes first close pass

The UK-built Solar Orbiter will track by our star on Monday at a distance of just…

Kathy Sullivan: The woman who's made history in sea and space

Kathy Sullivan is the first person to ever travel to both space and the bottom of…

Red pandas tracked by satellite in conservation 'milestone'

Red pandas in Nepal are being monitored in their last stronghold in the mountainous forests of…

New global extinction target proposed

With species fast disappearing, the world needs a single target for fighting extinction, say experts. …

Fossil tracks left by an ancient crocodile that 'ran like an ostrich'

Scientists are stunned to find that some ancient crocodiles may have moved around on two feet. …