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Looking after the multitudes of bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms living in our guts could help us think better and even offer new ways of treating mental health conditions.

Hundreds of visitors who were left stranded at the popular Inca site have now been rescued.

The so-called lost decade has now stretched to three. What went wrong, asks Rupert Wingfield-Hayes.

Every month for 10 years, Hody Childress quietly gave $100 to a pharmacy to help people in need.

The dispute over US national debt is not one of economics, but of gridlocked partisan politics.

Ordinary diesel trucks could be converted to a hydrogen-diesel mix, according to researchers in Australia.

The cane toad, weighing in at 2.7kg, is six times bigger than the average specimen.

Our view of the stars has been reduced every year over the last decade by artificial light pollution.

A medieval ship discovered on the banks of the River Usk in Newport in the summer of 2002 continues to provide surprises as restoration work continues.

Experts believe the preserved 15th Century vessel is as historically significant as the Mary Rose.

Italian police have discovered a bunker used by Matteo Messina Denaro following his arrest on Tuesday.

The judiciary says the lenient sentence was due to the 17-year-old victim's parents "pardoning" him.

The bear entered a remote community and began chasing after residents before being shot dead, police said.

Sister André, a French nun who took holy orders in 1944, died at her nursing home in Toulon.

Iran's courts are convicting protesters after fast-track trials that activists say are grossly unfair.

A deadly and hard-to-detect disease has been ravaging the treasured olive trees of southern Italy for 10 years. A highly trained squad of super-sniffer dogs could save them.

He could be ordered to pay billions of dollars in damages if he loses the fraud lawsuit over a tweet.

The climate activist was briefly held with a group which opposes the expansion of a coal mine.

Andrey Medvedev's escape makes him the first Wagner Group mercenary to defect to the West.

Italian police arrested Matteo Messina Denaro as he walked from a clinic to a cafe.

One runner was chased by monsters. Another went blind. In the darkness, nothing is as simple as it seems.

From bearing the burdens of the Roman Empire to enabling trade over long distances, the humble donkey has been surprisingly influential.

The true extent of commercial spying is unknown but experts say it is "pervasive".

The birth rate fell to 6.77 births per 1,000 people - the lowest it has ever been.

Twitter users say the social network has "a different vibe" since the billionaire took charge.