Halting flow of illegal eggs and birds into the Gulf states

Russia's economic growth hit by extreme temperatures

A new technique to harmlessly extract DNA from dolphin "breath" could assist conservation efforts aimed at marine mammals.

A council in South Wales has spent almost £200,000 so that dormice can cross a road safely.

Custom-made "biosynthetic" corneas can restore vision in humans as well as donor corneas a new study reveals

The colossal black holes that reside in galaxies were probably formed shortly after the Big Bang, new research suggests.

Living cell parts have been used to create electricity from chemicals in devices that could one day be fuelled by energy drinks.

French engineers begin an operation to drain a lake that has formed under a glacier on Mont Blanc, and which threatens to flood a valley below.

A 2008 cyber attack launched from an infected flash drive in the Middle East penetrated secret US military computers, a top Pentagon official says.

'The day I ate as many food additives as possible'

Astronomers have discovered an Earth and Neptune like planetary system that orbits a star that is similar to our own Sun.

French engineers are set to drain a lake that has formed under a glacier on Mont Blanc and threatens to flood the St Gervais valley.

A 'fire tornado' has been caught on camera in the Brazilian municipality of Aracatuba, caused by strong, dry winds that fanned wildfires.

How the 30-year-old BBC Micro is making a comeback

Pilot success for tagging scheme to monitor violent offenders

Already grappling with one of the highest crime rates in the world, South Africa has a new set of intruders to deal with: baboons.

Even the most extreme geoengineering approaches will not stop sea levels from rising due to climate change, a study suggests.

Moldovan police have seized 1.8kg of uranium-238 in the capital, Chisinau, interior ministry officials say.

Pakistan is in danger from epidemic diseases, PM Yousuf Raza Gilani warns, as 17 million people struggle to cope with flood devastation.

Astronomers have uncovered evidence for massive planetary collisions around several binary stars