Glaciers in the French Alps have lost a quarter of their area in the past 40 years, according to new research.

Almost three quarters of UK butterfly species have declined over the past decade, according to a new report.

US scientists map the Mariana Trench - deepest part of the world's oceans - in greater detail than ever before.

New research is being carried out on artefacts from a site where evidence was found for every age between the Neolithic and the 1900s.

The Brazilian Senate approves changes to the country's forest code, which environmentalists say will spur Amazon deforestation.

An online petition is launched calling for the government to posthumously pardon gay computer pioneer Alan Turing and quash his conviction for gross indecency.

Doing extreme endurance exercise, like training for a marathon, can damage the heart, research reveals.

Animal rights activists say Japan is using funds from a tsunami recovery fund to subsidise its controversial whaling operations.