A crocodile in Australia is to give a snap prediction for this weekend's election, mimicking Paul the Octopus' World Cup football feats.

A disease that first emerged in 2005 is killing large numbers of greenfinches and chaffinches, researchers say.

Giant prehistoric bird topped the pecking order in hunt for prey

International researchers say they have taken a "significant step" towards developing a predictive blood test for TB.

The waters around Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel are home to more species of marine life than any other part of Britain.

A strange double earthquake triggered the Tonga tsunami that killed 192 people in September 2009, scientists say.

Discovery of a rare magnetic star challenges theories about the origin of black holes, astronomers claim.

A Cornwall couple said they returned from holiday to find a plant in their garden had grown 26ft (8m) high.

Small, irregularly shaped fossils from South Australia could be the oldest remains of simple animal life found to date.

Dr Adam Maloof explains how the discovery of a sponge fossil shows animals evolved 90 million years earlier than previously thought

How is the UK's coalition living up to its environmental aims?

Two US astronauts may become the first twins to be flying in space at the same time.

Certain trees can clone themselves suggesting they could live forever and avoid extinction, but a new study dashes that hope.

Scientists offer insight into why woolly mammoths died out

One of the world's rarest giraffes has been born in captivity in the UK

Universal access to energy can help clean up our act

Research from the Bee Part Of It campaign shows that farmlands provide a poorer diet than urban landscapes.

The South African wildlife service says poaching of rhinos is escalating at an unprecedented rate.

Europe's Smos "water satellite" uses its innovative sensor to track the saturated soils of flood-stricken Pakistan.

Conservationists are hoping a project on the Cornish coastline will help increase the numbers of grey seals by providing them with sanctuary.