From more vegetation to flying embers, the BBC Earth team look at why the fires in LA have been so intense and why they've ...

A prolonged dry spell combined with strong winds has created the "perfect conditions" for Los Angeles wildfires to rage out ...

My team’s new study may help solve the evolutionary mystery, revealing how a vane on the tip of their tails may have helped ...

Multiple universities across Scotland have received millions of pounds worth of funding from the Chinese state and related ...

Sarah Breeden, the Bank’s deputy governor for financial stability, also said firms might respond to the tax rises by cutting ...

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have discovered how a pterosaur was able to take to the sky after using new laser ...

Researchers at Edinburgh University harness new laser technology to discover large sail-like ‘vanes’ at the end of the ...

Net zero policies are sharply driving up energy costs, the Bank of England has admitted, as officials battle to bring living ...

Is reincarnation real? Is communication from the “beyond” possible? A small set of academics are trying to find out, case by ...

An Edinburgh University alumnus who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2016 has died at the age of 82. Born in a small ...

The number of referrals waiting to be treated topped 667,000 at the end of December 2023 - an estimated 10% of the population ...

The rising popularity of vaping and its financial boost to convenience stores has been highlighted in a new University of Edinburgh study. Vapes are now ...