A team of scientists at Royal Botanical Gardens Kew embarks on the mammoth task of creating a single database of the world's medicinal plant species.

Radical plans to overhaul the system of managing flood risk are called for by the Commons environment and rural affairs committee.

Campaigners have won the latest battle in legal action against the UK Government over levels of air pollution.

The results of a mass schools experiment led by Tim Peake have been released.

New research suggests chipmunks and a type of mouse evolved stripes early in their evolution, which may have given them an advantage in outwitting predators.

The swiftness with which the first Aboriginal settlers spread across Australia is underlined by the discovery of an ancient rock shelter north of Adelaide.