Researchers are planning to fit tiny tags to a protected species of ant in order to gain an insight into the insects' behaviour.

Bats around the world are threatened by climate change, according to a scientific review.

Police in Peru seize more than 16,000 dried seahorses, destined to be illegally exported to Asia where they are used in traditional medicine.

A team of experts is to attempt to rescue a hippopotamus which has taken over a swimming pool at a game reserve lodge in South Africa.

A car park in Leicester is being dug up by archaeologists hunting for the remains of King Richard III.

A robot is learning how to recognise itself in a mirror as an important step towards self-awareness.

Lungs rid themselves of foreign bodies and unwanted 'junk' using a brush-like layer, scientists say.

Six Greenpeace activists board a Russian offshore oil rig in protest over gas and oil exploration in the Arctic region.