Leaders of the global science community have issued joint statements to world leaders meeting at the G8 summit later this month in the US.

The first of three osprey chicks hatches at a nest being monitored by the RSPB in North Wales and is thought to be the first in the UK in 2012.

Crows recognise and respond to familiar human voices and the calls of other bird species, according to researchers.

The Vesta asteroid is the only remaining example of the original objects that came together to form the rocky planets like Earth, say scientists.