A French scientist has unravelled a formula for trick roping, made famous in Western movies, to teach himself how to lasso like a cowboy.

Elephants that give birth as teenagers die younger, but are fitter than mothers that delay, scientists say.

Scientists say restoring peat bogs could help reduce flooding, as the government looks at ways of tackling poor land management.

The winter storms that battered the UK caused the greatest loss of trees since the Great Storm of 1987 in some areas, the National Trust says.

Warmer temperatures are causing malaria to spread in the African and South American highlands, traditionally havens from the disease, scientists say.