Peru halts the eradication of coca plants while it re-assesses its tactics against the illicit crop, less than a month since President Humala took office.

The National Trust is launching a national survey of all its tree avenues, to find out more about where they are and their condition.

Otters have been spotted in Kent, signalling their return to every English county after once being on the brink of extinction.

Cane toads tadpoles in Australia cannibalise eggs to safeguard their own survival, according to scientists.

Archaeologists have found evidence of a sophisticated Iron Age lifestyle in Silchester near Reading, before the Romans arrived.

Baby monkeys grew up anxious and anti-social after the stress of separation from their mothers, a study says.

Mosquitoes can rapidly develop resistance to bed nets treated with insecticide, a new study from Senegal suggests.

In a controversial move, conservation groups were yesterday barred from a high-level international meeting on elephant conservation.