Conservationists say they are having success in removing rats from South Georgia island - the biggest rodent eradication campaign in history.

Nearly half of England's traditional orchards are in a neglected condition, a study of aerial photographs suggests.

Workers enter a reactor building at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant for the first time since the 11 March quake, say officials.

Retailers are not giving consumers enough information on labels to allow them to make the choice to buy sustainable fish, conservationists say.

Surveys of a part of Skye from the air could uncover more clues to a Viking shipbuilding site at one of the island's lochs.

America and Europe discuss the possibilities of developing a spaceship together later this decade.

A major oil pipeline leak in northern Alberta is the largest the Canadian province has seen in 35 years, officials say.

Pink river dolphins are among species recovering from last year's drought, conservationists find.