A female from the first wild beaver colony in England for hundreds of years has given birth to at least two young.

Racehorses are continuing to get quicker, a study of winning times spanning 165 years of racing indicates.

A court in the Netherlands orders the government to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% by 2020, in a class action suit launched by activists.

The EU's climate chief says the UK's scrapping of subsidies will make it harder to meet renewables targets and an official describes the move as "mind-boggling".

The Ebola epidemic in Guinea that began early last year has set back the country's fight against malaria, say experts.

In a desperate bid to save one of the world's most endangered animals, conservationists are taking the controversial step of defacing the last survivors.