Farmland birds are at their lowest levels since records began, according to government figures.

Wild chimps carry out night time crop raids, footage reveals, suggesting the animals are being pushed into more risky behaviour.

Expanding coal mining operations along the Queensland coast could threaten Australia's treasured Great Barrier Reef.

An elephant calf has been air rescued after he fell down a well in the remote region of Milgis Lugga in Northern Kenya.

A report published today claims that banning too many pesticides will lead to lower yields on farm, which in turn could result in an increase in food imports, and job losses

A public awareness campaign is being launched to highlight the carrier-bag charge which has come into force in Scotland.

Scientists believe they have traced the origin of copulation to fish found in a Scottish lake 385 million years ago.

Prof Brian Cox muses on whether life here on Earth is unique within the Milky Way and what this might mean.

A recently discovered comet has flown past Mars, giving scientists a unique chance to study an object from the farthest reaches of the Solar System.

BBC Inside Out examines whether health fears over plastic food packaging are justified and asks if BPA should be banned in the UK.

Scientists think that a newly discovered species of dinosaur, whose remains were found after 20 years of excavation in Venezuela, maybe related to the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Oyster fishing is set to make a comeback in Wales after marine biologists reintroduced 40,000 oysters into Swansea Bay.

Hundreds of climate change protestors have attempted to disrupt shipments of coal from a port north of Sydney using their canoes, kayaks and surfboards to form a blockade.

Scientists from the University of Leicester say they may have solved one of the most enduring mysteries in modern physics: the nature of dark matter.

Parliament should scrap the Climate Change Act and MPs should stop "exaggerating" the effects of climate change, says Owen Paterson.

Government scientists from Wiltshire are calling for micro-biologists to volunteer in the fight against the growing threat of the deadly Ebola virus.

Scientists are warning that an army of shrimps and mussels from Turkey and Ukraine is poised to invade Britain's waterways and kill off native species.

A new species of mussel has been found in the UK which could be hugely damaging to British wildlife.

Researchers track wild ponies with GPS collars as they graze an abandoned meadow back to its former glory

The Met Office opens a new centre dedicated to the forecast of the weather in space.