Care must be taken not to spread deep-sea creatures around the world during exploration of the remote ocean floor, scientists caution.

Conservationists condemn a plan they say would allow buzzard nests to be destroyed and the birds to be captured, to protect pheasant shoots.

A minister in Ivory Coast is sacked over his alleged role in the disappearance of millions of dollars meant for the victims of a toxic waste dumping scandal.

Archaeologists are to exhume and analyse human bones found under a prehistoric monument in Pembrokeshire recently identified as the cap on a burial site.

Radiation levels in most of Japan are below cancer-causing levels a year after the Fukushima plant accident, a World Health Organisation report says.

The government delays the reduction in the subsidies on offer to homeowners who install solar panels to generate electricity.

Science minister David Willetts outlines the government's high-tech industrial strategy and announces £250m in funding for research institutes across the UK

The SpaceX company's Dragon cargo capsule is expected to join up with the International Space Station on Friday - the first ever private vehicle to do so.