Dinosaurs were plodding down the path to extinction millions of years before the meteor impact that is widely believed to have wiped them out, say scientists.

Pollination by bumblebees is impaired when the insects are exposed to a type of pesticides, a study has shown.

Diesel fumes in polluted areas may be destroying half of the most common flower odours used by bees to find their food, according to new research.

Blanketing our countryside in late April were seas of white and yellow blossoms providing a wonderful vista if you were out and about. 

Eating oily fish has long been known to keep your heart healthy but scientists have also found it can mend a damaged heart.

The search for the remains of Flight 370 has resumed off western Australia as the weather improved in the Indian Ocean’s remote waters.

UK: A couple have held their wedding reception at the pizza restaurant where they had their first date 14 years ago.

The British Prime Minister David Cameron has chaired an emergency meeting to nail down plans to protect the public ahead of tonight's predicted storm.

The slowdown in global warming is temporary and a return to “substantial warming” is expected in coming decades, scientists have said.

Dance: Junk Ensemble: Dusk Ahead, Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny

A manuscript of Samuel Beckett’s novel Murphy has sold at auction for just under €1.2m.

The International Monetary Fund will contribute about €1bn as part of a rescue programme for Cyprus that aims to stabilise the nation’s banks and reduce public spending, said Christine Lagarde, the IMF managing director.

A recent run of wet summers in Ireland and the UK could be caused by substantial warming of the North Atlantic Ocean, according to a new scientific study.

FOR the likes of singers Florence Welch and Eliza Doolittle, actor Hugh Jackman and supermodel cum model scout, Erin O’Connor, the humdrum of Monday to Friday eating is nothing short of indulgence thanks to little packages that arrive at their London doorsteps at dawn.

British house sales fell last year to one of the lowest totals recorded, figures from HM Revenue and Customs showed today.

TOUGHER inspection laws in Britain make it “highly unlikely” that a situation could arise like Priory Hall in Dublin, where residents had to evacuate the development because of serious fire safety concerns, a building expert has claimed.

Swine flu penetrates deeper into the lungs and can inflict more damage than ordinary seasonal flu, scientists have found.

The trial of two Thai fishermen who allegedly raped and killed British student Katherine Horton will be accelerated to restore Thailand’s tarnished reputation, police said today.

The US government is getting ready to test a bird flu vaccine and stockpiling both vaccine and antiviral drugs as the threat grows that a deadly strain of avian influenza will begin spreading from Asia.

PROBIOTICS — supplements which promote the body’s so-called “friendly” bacteria — could be used to help children with autism, researchers have claimed.

Humans became hairless to avoid biting insects rather than stay cool in hot climates, scientists claimed today.