A scene containing a frenzy of plumage and bubbles as emperor penguins prepare to blast their way through a hole in the ice earns Paul Nicklen one of the world's top photo awards.

Hundreds of birds of prey are deliberately killed each year with poisons that have no legal use, according to a comittee of MPs.

Nissan plans to sell steer-by-wire cars by 2013, using electrical signals and software rather than mechanical links to control their wheels.

A fictional feature film is shot in Antarctica for the first time, using British Antarctic Survey staff as the cast and crew.

Team Sky say all of their riders and management must sign a pledge saying that they have never doped.

The energy minister vows to help customers get the best deal but stops short of confirming David Cameron's pledge to force firms to offer the lowest tariff.

The badger cull in England will cost the taxpayer much more than it saves, an analysis by a UK expert suggests.

The UK faces fines for breaching EU law on water treatment after plants in northern England and in London dumped raw sewage into waterways.