Establishing new nature reserves with strict protection measures actually fails local communities and wildlife in the Congo Basin, a report says.

Modern birds owe their survival to ancestors who were able to peck on seeds after the meteor strike that wiped out the dinosaurs, a study suggests.

Scientists at Glasgow University establish a world first by cracking the communication code of our brains.

The EU’s Sentinel satellite system has begun monitoring six of the biggest glaciers on Earth in near real-time, to check for any changes in behaviour.

Government leaders and delegates from around 170 countries have started the process of signing the Paris climate agreement at the UN.