Populations of many species living in the high Arctic have declined by one quarter, according to a new assessment measuring how the wildlife there is responding to environmental change.

Behind the scenes at London's Natural History Museum

Ukrainian archaeologists say they have found the HMS Prince, a British naval vessel sunk during the Crimean War.

Groups of monkeys pay more attention to females than to males when learning a task, say scientists.

Two government press adverts aimed at raising awareness of climate change are banned for overstating the risks.

Many Africans blame themselves for climate change despite relatively low emissions from the continent, a survey of 1,000 people suggests.

The "disappointing" outcome of December's UN climate summit was largely down to rich nations not listening, says Lord Stern.

Engineers designing the world's fastest car believe they now have a solution to stop it flying off the ground.

It looks more like January than March as spring flowers bloom much later than expected, say researchers.

Seven companies are to push forward plans to generate 1.2 gigawatts of electricity from wave and tidal power.

The bacteria on our hands could be used in forensic identification, in the same way as fingerprints and DNA, say scientists.

More reason than ever to deal with the climate debacle

Spreading iron in the oceans as a climate "fix" could poison marine mammals and birds, scientists show.

A survey of swifts suggests the species is at risk from improvement work being undertaken on old houses.

The government has responded to the EU Noise Directive by publishing a long-delayed noise policy statement.