The European Commission proposes a 150m euro (£134m) aid package to help EU salad farmers hit by the current E. coli outbreak.

Are lumberjacks threatening future of Congo's rainforests?

It has taken more than 10 years but finally a US space shuttle is pictured docked to the International Space Station by a departing Soyuz capsule.

A majority of Britons in both town and country oppose killing badgers to curb cattle tuberculosis, an opinion poll for the BBC suggests.

Germany's health minister says the number of new E. coli infections from a deadly outbreak is dropping significantly.

Up to 300,000 seabirds - including rare albatrosses - are being killed every year by longline fisheries, according to research.

Researchers reveal a correlation between the methane production of cows and the quantity of a molecule called archaeol in their faeces.

Two new elements have been added to the periodic table after a three-year review by the governing bodies of chemistry and physics.