The National Trust launches a £1.2m appeal to buy a stretch of the white cliffs of Dover to try to prevent building and conserve nature.

Scientists tracking hatchling loggerhead turtles into the North Atlantic resort to nail salon techniques to help fit tiny satellite tags to them.

Lonesome George, the giant Galapagos tortoise believed to be the last of his subspecies, is to be embalmed, Ecuadorian officials say.

Brazilian ants deploy emergency "chemical nets" to drag swarms of their nestmates into helping them carry large food items, a study shows.

A series of conferences focusing on energy is being held around the UK to mark the 300th anniversary of the world's first steam engine.

Crunch time for Europe's big space freighter

More councils are charging for green waste collections across the UK with other authorities planning to introduce fees, research by the BBC finds.

A record is created of the DNA of all Wales' native flowering plants, which could help conservation and drug development.