Vets at Cairo's Giza Zoo are experimenting with the human birth control pill in an attempt to slow their rapidly expanding population of lions.

The UN's climate science body needs stricter checks to prevent damage to its credibility, an independent review concludes.

Where now for the UN's climate science body?

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A team of 86 global scientists sequence the genome of the Golden Delicious apple for the first time.

A council in southern France has found a novel way of controlling the creeping advance of nature. It employs sheep.

Swarms of turbines could tap energy from Gulf Stream

Hundreds of ancient sites have been discovered by aerial surveys, thanks to a dry start to the summer.

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Over-fishing has left many seas around the UK in a state of decline, raising fears for many types of fish and other wildlife in coastal areas.

An international review of the "processes and procedures" used by the UN's climate science panel is set to deliver its report on Monday.

Thousands of Indonesians have been forced to leave their homes after a volcano erupted on the island of Sumatra.

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A coalition of 10 NGOs urges the International Whaling Commission to persuade the World Health Organization to act over fears about eating whale meat.

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