An international team of scientists has been using high resolution satellite images from space to count penguins.

The UK government funds a prize intended to encourage Britain's first full-scale wave energy projects.

The unmanned spaceship was bringing up oxygen, food, fuel and other supplies for the six astronauts on board the International Space Station.

US company Terrafugia displays a car that is licensed to be flown as well as driven, at the New York International Auto Show.

An international team of scientists says they have new evidence that our ancestors were using fire as early as a million years ago.

Europe's big robotic freighter, Edoardo Amaldi, arrives at the International Space Station with tonnes of new supplies.

Thousands of trees are being planted along the west coast of Europe as part of an international experiment to test the affects of climate change on different species.

There could be many billions of planets in our galaxy that are not much bigger than Earth circling the "habitable zones" of faint stars, says an international team of astronomers.

The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) briefly took refuge in escape capsules over fears that satellite debris could strike it.

Europe's giant space freighter, which is delivering supplies to the International Space Station, has taken off from French Guiana.

Europe's latest ATV space freighter is cleared for lift-off on Friday on a mission to re-supply the International Space Station.

UK Chancellor George Osborne announces a £100m fund to boost university research through private sector involvement.

Local people and tourists in Arraial do Cabo, in Rio de Janeiro state, helped a pod of 30 dolphins swim back out to sea after they became beached. Mark Simmonds, International Head of Science at the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, says dolphins should not be grabbed by the tail as this can cause them damage.

Seabird numbers continue to decline, according to a new review. Compiled by BirdLife International, it says 28% of species around the world are threatened.

The Nepalese government will seek international funding and expertise to measure the height of Mount Everest and settle a long-running dispute.

An international research cruise off Japan detects radioactivity in sampled seawater and marine organisms, but well within safe levels.

Former astronaut and Senator John Glenn celebrated the 50th anniversary of his Earth orbit by chatting with the crew on the International Space Station.

Former US astronaut and Senator John Glenn celebrates the 50th anniversary of his orbit of Earth by chatting with crew on the International Space Station.

South Africa is to deploy hundreds of troops along its borders to help fight international gangs smuggling rhino horns, the government says.

Chris Hadfield will become the first Canadian to command the International Space Station during his upcoming spell on the orbiting outpost.

A rocket carrying supplies for the International Space Station has blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

More elephant tusks were seized in 2011 than in any year since 1989, when the ivory trade was banned, international wildlife trade group Traffic says.

A Russian Soyuz capsule has arrived at the International Space Station with a trio of astronauts.

A Soyuz rocket has launched from Kazakhstan carrying a cosmonaut and two astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).

Animal rights activists say Japan is using funds from a tsunami recovery fund to subsidise its controversial whaling operations.

The International Energy Agency calls for "more ambition" at the UN climate talks, as a report suggests emissions will make the world 3.5C warmer by 2100.

Russia's Soyuz spacecraft lands safely in Kazakhstan, bringing three crew members back from the International Space Station.

Two pandas are heading to Edinburgh Zoo from China, as part of an international conservation effort.

Russia's Soyuz spacecraft has docked successfully at the International Space Station.

Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, with a three-man Russian and US crew, successfully docks with the International Space Station.