Buildings at an air base in Suffolk are closed after a "suspicious" spider is seen in the bar of the officers' mess.

The UK government is considering plans to import wind power generated in Ireland and sent under the Irish Sea to north and west Wales.

The trial begins in Spain of the captain of the Prestige oil tanker that sank in 2002, causing the country's worst environmental disaster.

Smoking in the car, even with the window open, makes pollution that exceeds official "safe" limits, scientists say.

A Somerset charity opposed to the cull of badgers in West Somerset is staging a protest walk.

The man behind the deal that brought two pandas to a Scottish zoo has defended panda conservation against allegations of "greenwash".

Creativity is often part of a mental illness, with writers particularly susceptible, say experts.

Poachers have killed a record number of rhinos in South Africa this year, with 455 slaughtered so far, the government says.