The population of corncrakes on Rathlin Island is being "positively" maintained with the help of an annual nettle dig, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has said. Since the ...

Their efforts paid off when they unearthed several very rare tools, offering a glimpse ... in one of the workshops were several 1,500-year-old loom weights, weaving tools used to keep the thread ...

The 500-year-old kiln found at Sutton VA Primary School. Photo from Central Bedfordshire Council “Kilns of its size and quality are rare finds in the area,” officials said. Additionally ...

did not exact a greater cost on countries with rare-earth dependent supply chains, such as Japan and the United States, citing supply growth opportunities and administrative difficulties ...

According to NASA’s analysis, the asteroid, called 2024 YR4, has a more than one percent chance of colliding with Earth on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2032 —meaning there is still about a 99% chance that it ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

The ages of the Love Island All Stars line up this year varies a lot. Here's how old the contestants are including Marcel Somerville and Luca Bish. The ITV show hosted by Maya Jama films it's ...

Danita Delimont / Getty Images Deep beneath Greenland's melting ice sheet lies a treasure trove of rare earth elements crucial ... making the world's largest island heavily dependent on Danish ...

A remote U.S. island hopes to develop a world-class energy facility that will help it deal with the hours of electricity outages during adverse weather. The move was spearheaded by an Energy ...