A leading expert tells the BBC that rapid rates of warming will see permafrost in parts of Alaska start to thaw by 2070.

A team from Delft University in the Netherlands has won a 3,000km (1,800 mile) solar car race in the Australian outback.

The Cuban government, working with a US environmental group, announces a long-term plan to protect shark populations swimming in its waters.

Scientists say they have identified a new species of giant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific.

A new study adds crocodiles to the list of animals that apparently sleep with one brain hemisphere at a time.

The Home Office's annual statistics show a 6% drop in animal experiments in the UK - but the office has changed the way it collects these figures.

US scientists perform a macabre set of experiments to bolster their controversial argument that fist fights shaped the human hand.

Monday will see an international team of scientists set sail for the mid-Atlantic on a quest to sample microorganisms living deep in the ocean floor.