A proposed wave power project is sparking a fresh call for a cable allowing the Western Isles to export electricity.

Current extinction rate projections may be overestimating the role of habitat loss on species, a study suggest.

Slightly harmful changes to protein structure may have been responsible for the rise from the simplest life to higher organisms, research suggests.

The Chinese leadership admits the Three Gorges Dam has created a range of major problems that need solving quickly.

New satellite images show deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has increased by almost six times in the past year.

A $2bn cosmic ray detector is attached to the space station to investigate questions about the origin of the Universe.

More than 100 people take part in an oil spill exercise off Shetland, following concerns raised by the Gulf of Mexico spill last April.

A badger cull to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis in cattle may not happen, the farming minister tells BBC South West.