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The wildlife authority describes this as a landmark punishment in the protection of rare species.

The bison that were reintroduced to the UK as part of an ambitious rewilding project in Kent have had a calf.

A huge marine reserve in the Pacific Ocean has benefits for both fish and fishers, scientists say.

Our climate editor checks out the world's largest floating wind farm off the coast of Scotland.

Images of nights skies show power supplies disappearing in Ethiopia as a humanitarian crisis bites.

One of the most famous scenes in the cosmos is viewed by the new, Nasa-led super space observatory.

"Little progress" has been made in protecting nature despite a government commitment, concludes a new report

The regulator said two of the bank's posters “omitted material information and were therefore misleading".

Elephant ivory that's supposed to be under lock and key has turned up in recent seizures, say scientists.

An Iraqi minister tells the BBC that air pollution from oil fields is a major health problem.

Bird keepers in England, Scotland and Wales must implement biosecurity measures, the government says

A British businessman believes it could suck a billion tonnes of carbon out of the atmosphere annually.

Eels are tracked to the Sargasso Sea on an epic migration, helping in their conservation.

Half of the UK’s oldest weather stations set new records in the July heatwave.

Billions of phones will be hoarded in drawers and cupboards or thrown away rather than recycled, studies suggest.

Australian and UK researchers grow brain cells in a lab that have learned to play a 1970s video game.

The National Trust, RSPB and Wildlife Trusts say all options are on the table amid a rural revolt.

Government must lead on home insulation and diet, the environment and climate change committee says.

The extraordinary moment a manic scrum of male bees envelops a single female to try to mate with her.

Scientists brought endangered species back from the brink by simply building more ponds.