The cheetah, eradicated in India by hunting nearly a century ago, will run again in the country, as three sites are earmarked for its reintroduction.

Environmental group WWF apologises to Saudi Arabia after one of its workers vandalised the country's nameplate at a climate conference.

Rescue teams in northeast China are working to retrieve 3,000 barrels of chemicals washed into a major river, state media says.

A team of divers - known as Neptune's Army of Rubbish Cleaners - are stepping up efforts to keep Britain's coastline clean and litter free.

Russian sub searches Lake Baikal for energy reserves

Climate change may drive millions of Mexicans into the US as rising temperatures reduce crop yields, a study suggests.

Dozens more people are reported dead or missing as the worst torrential rain in decades continues to wreak havoc in China.

A boat made from thousands of plastic bottles sails into Sydney Harbour, completing a four-month voyage that began in San Francisco.

Archaeologists find the remains of a 4th Century Roman villa near Aberystwyth after an aerial photograph showed up an outline.

Pigs feel optimistic or pessimistic about life depending on how pleasant their environment is, researchers at Newcastle University find.

Future manned space travel will be the province of private adventurers, the astronomer royal believes.

Pigs feel optimistic or pessimistic about life depending on how pleasant their environment is, researchers at Newcastle University have discovered.

Midges have been blighting summers in the Scottish Highlands for generations, but new research suggests that the insects aren't as indiscriminate in their choice of victims as previously thought.

Bathers along Britain's coastline are being warned to be on the look-out for the country's most poisonous fish.

A new apple which is red to the core is being sold by a Devon company.