A giant plant using energy from the sun to power a Moroccan city at night will open next month.

A northern white rhinoceros dies in a zoo in San Diego, California, leaving only three of the animals still alive in the world.

A DNA study confirms London was an ethnically diverse city from its very beginnings, BBC News has learned.

The BBC's Sarah Rainsford speaks to Tim Peake, who will soon be making history as the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station.

The Philippines, which is vulnerable to climate change, has confirmed controversial plans for more coal-fired power stations.

A study of ancient DNA has shed new light on the genetic history of Europeans, confirming that farming spread across Europe due to an influx of ancient people from what is now eastern Turkey.