Around half of the UK's deer population needs to be shot each year to stop extreme devastation to the countryside, scientists claim.

The tadpoles of Australia's native frogs can outcompete invasive toads, scientists say.

Scientists describe some services provided by companies tracing ancestry using DNA as akin to astrology.

The UK faces a Supreme Court case over failure to clean up city air in line with EU laws

A proposal by the US to ban cross-border trade in polar bears and their parts was defeated on Thursday at an international meeting.

Canadian Arctic Archipelago glaciers could lose up to 20% of their volume if warming projections hold true, according to a new study.

The amount of salt in our diet could be driving our own immune systems to rebel against us leading to diseases such as multiple sclerosis, very early research suggests.

Putting an Android phone in a freezer for an hour can help get at its confidential contents, find German security researchers.