An experimental garden on a university campus reveals which plants are most pollinator-friendly, say scientists.

The number of badgers culled during a six-week scheme in Gloucestershire has fallen short of its target, environment secretary Owen Paterson tells MPs.

Pollutants in the air we breathe have been classed as a major cause of cancer by the World Health Organization.

The Chancellor, George Osborne, announces that the UK will allow Chinese companies to take a stake in British nuclear power plants.

The earliest humans from two million years ago in Eurasia and Africa were all part of the same species, a study finds.

The brain uses sleep to wash away the waste toxins of a hard day's thinking, US researchers have demonstrated.

Despite being home to about 16,000 tree species, just 227 "hyperdominant" species account for half of Amazonia's total trees, a study suggests.