Is there a problem with salmon farming?

Marine biologist and diver David Ainsley is concerned about the effect fish farms have on marine…

Greenpeace activists inside boxes block BP headquarters

Those inside the containers have enough food and water to last them for a week, it…

Scientists: Why we should appreciate wasps

Wasps are seen as ‘bothersome and pointless’ and not given the attention they deserve – researchers. …

Compassionate conservation is 'seriously flawed'

The idea that you cannot kill any animal is “fatally flawed” as a conservation concept, scientists…

What's it like to be bitten by a bedbug?

The blood-sucking parasites have been around for at least 115 million years, according to a recent…

Mars: The box seeking to answer the biggest question

Europe prepares to send technology to Mars to look for evidence that there is life …

Spain alarmed by French bear's attacks on sheep

France released two brown bears in the Pyrenees – but one has now killed eight sheep…

Brazil's Vale warns another mining dam at risk of collapse

A mining dam could collapse as early as next week, months after a similar disaster killed…

Single mum's Nasa internship funded by strangers

A single mother almost missed out on a coveted Nasa internship until strangers stepped in to…

Will India energy pledges lead to CO2 rise?

India’s political parties promise free electricity to farmers and ambitious infrastructure projects. Click here…