A new study in PLOS Biology of 133 species of flies, mosquitoes and their relatives shows that most species fly in ...

It’s hotter than an Italian brick factory on the streets of the Eternal City. What is it they say about mad dogs and ...

A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 3 and 10 July. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk.

Osprey chicks go from helpless hatchlings to fearless fliers in a matter of weeks, but getting there requires a surprisingly ...

A hard rain must fall It is a well-known fact that a writer’s creative hormones are at their highest during the rains — and ...

Loons, gulls, puffins, and petrels are some of the 100 species of birds that can both fly and swim. These diving birds can plunge in water to swim after prey, and then leap back into the air to ...

Crews are draining the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool again as President Donald Trump's problem-plagued effort to ...