An Adelie penguin is captured on camera stealing stones from its neighbour's pebble nest.

A major upgrade of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) DNA database system comes under fire from a group of US forensic scientists.

Salvage teams in New Zealand resume efforts to pump the remaining fuel from the cracked cargo ship the Rena, stranded off the coast.

Babies born weighing less than 4lb (1.8kg) could be more prone to developing autism than children born at normal weight, a study suggests.

Rare insect larvae that digs a pit to trap its prey is thriving at a Norfolk breeding site, conservationists say.

Climate change poses "an immediate, growing and grave threat" to health and security around the world, according to an expert conference in London.