Seed collectors to travel to Chile to collect tree specimens as part of an initiative creating safe havens for the plants in Perthshire.

Fishermen are being trained to record shark species in more detail in order to help manage stocks more sustainably.

Thousands of people visiting the beach at Horsey to see newborn seals are causing "chaos" on the roads, a seal warden claims.

An inquest is held to determine if pieces of gold and silver found in the same field as the Staffordshire Hoard are treasure.

A former pub landlord from West Yorkshire is making "good progress" after becoming the first person in the UK to have a hand transplant.

Two ghost gum trees made famous by the work of Aboriginal Australian artist Albert Namatjira are found burnt in a suspected arson attack.

Nasa's Curiosity rover is very close to drilling into its first Martian rock, with the set-up operation likely to begin next week.