Large hyena populations are living alongside human communities in Africa without coming into conflict, a study finds.

A conference in London on Wednesday aims to press oil firms to reduce gas flaring - the burning of natural gas at oil production sites.

The director of Nasa's Mars exploration programme has spoken of hopes that one day the rover Curiosity might be brought back to Earth.

EU ministers agree to channel more funds into reducing overfishing - yet critics say the original EU plan was stronger.

Scientists change the colour of gold by applying techniques from nanotechnology - and say they can change the colour of any other metal as well.

European industry outlines the basic design for a robotic probe that could be dispatched to the Moon's south pole in 2018.

A conference in London on Wednesday has agreed ambitious targets in the reduction of gas flaring - the burning of natural gas at oil production sites.