Our evolutionary cousins the Neanderthals were harvesting feathers from birds to use as personal ornaments, according to a new study.

Details of a plan for a million healthy ponds in the UK are being announced to combat decades of neglect.

Tool-making New Caledonian crows understand cause and effect, scientists say.

Wildlife experts are concerned that a decline in the number of people recording plant behaviour could jeopardise long-running data sets.

The 570-million-pixel Dark Energy Camera snaps its first image ahead of a survey that aims to unravel one of the Universe's biggest unknowns.

Bolivian President Evo Morales enacts a law that declares a vulnerable species of pink dolphins in the Amazon basin a national treasure.