MSPs will vote on whether to impose a full ban on fracking as part of an environment debate at Holyrood.

The world added far more renewable energy sources than fossil fuels in 2015, with developing countries overtaking richer nations on green spending.

Forty dead tiger cubs are found in a freezer at a famous Thai Buddhist temple that is being closed amid accusations of trafficking and abuse.

Roman tablets discovered during excavations in London include the oldest hand-written document ever found in Britain, archaeologists say.

Scientists unravel details of the famous mutation that turned moths black during the industrial revolution.

The spectacular, flat landscape that dominates the left side of Pluto's icy "heart" can now be explained, say scientists.