Climate change will soon be one of the reasons that thousands people leave their countries and look for better lives in Europe, according to the UN...
Quakers in Britain have announced their support for a Christian charity that is calling for churches and the religious community to divest from fossil fuels. Operation...
More than 725 rhinos have been illegally killed in South Africa so far this year, according to the latest figures from the conservation charity Save the...
Conservative MP Richard Benyon has left his role at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) amid the cabinet reshuffle, with George Eustice in...
Scientists from across the globe gathered last week at a conference in the Netherlands to address the issue of global food security, discussing how their fields...
Protests have been held around the world to show support for the 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists being held by Russian authorities on charges of...
A new study, carried out internationally by researchers including the University of Leeds and the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, has thrown fresh...
Bees can face high levels of stress caused by pesticides, which can prevent colonies from working properly, according to a new study. Scientists from the Royal...
Londoners are becoming increasingly concerned about dangerously high levels of air pollution in the capital, according to campaign groups and politicians, after a survey found that...
Fracking poses a “serious threat” of water contamination, including in drinking water, according to a report that also claims that 280 billion gallons of radioactive waste...
The Pig Idea is a new initiative to feed pigs with food wasted by supermarkets and kitchens – a practice banned by the European Union following the...
Skeptical Science blogger Graham Wayne unpicks the errors in Lord Lawson’s latest attack on the science of climate change. Last week, the IPCC released its latest report...
If the idea of the Higgs boson meant an urgent requirement of big business to change its thinking and its profits, would we frequently hear Nigel...
The chief scientific adviser to the UK government has warned that climate change experts need to learn how best to explain their findings to a wider...
Human rights group Amnesty International has called on Italy and the rest of Europe to do more to prevent further loss of life, following the death of...