Scientific agricultural advances can help "climate-proof" farming systems around the globe, especially in developing nations, a conference will hear.

A UK technique for projecting the extent of summer sea ice in the Arctic demonstrates its skill by accurately calling this year's melt events.

"Restaurants" of dead meat set up for endangered vultures also attract an undesirable clientele of hyenas and jackals, according to a six-year study.

Scientists have designed a new class of antibiotic which seeks and destroys resistance genes in bacteria.

Two of the rarest birds of prey in England, which had been satellite tagged, vanish in unexplained circumstances.

A cloud-free atmosphere reveals signs of water vapour on HAT-P-11b, the smallest planet beyond our Solar System ever to yield such an insight.