A European shrub is disrupting ecosystems in the US Midwest and threatening amphibian populations, say US researchers.

Emails reveal the Food Standards Agency planned to test every horse for bute last November but acted only after the crisis began.

The reintroduction of white-tailed eagles to Britain has been hailed as a conservation success, but will they ever fly beyond Scotland?

Scientists are studying the DNA of the Del Sontro family for mutations or aberrations, hoping to see if genetics can explain why heart disease strikes apparently healthy people.    

Canadian commander Chris Hadfield has shared with the world his cover version of David Bowie's Space Oddity, which he recorded on the International Space Station.

Will the space station ever justify its existence?

A storm over food safety - Chinese style

The World Health Organization warns that it appears "increasingly" likely that the new coronavirus can be passed between people in close contact.

A researcher in the Netherlands wants to show the world — including potential donors — that in-vitro meat is a reality.    

More than half of common plant species and a third of animals could see a serious decline in their habitat range because of climate change, a study suggests.

British scientists at a research centre in Cambridge say they have developed a new type of wheat which could increase productivity by 30%.

Two astronauts spent five and a half hours outside the International Space Station. They were unable to locate the source of the leak, but did install a new pump, which appeared to solve the problem.    

Two US astronauts replace a pump on an emergency spacewalk aimed at fixing a leak of ammonia from the International Space Station's cooling system.

A huge landfill site in Essex that has been transformed into a 120-acre nature reserve has been officially opened by Sir David Attenborough.

Scientists are working hard to understand the life that teems within our soil and that is threatened by farming and development.    

The US is to return more than a dozen illegally smuggled dinosaurs to Mongolia, following the return on Monday of a Tyrannosaurus skeleton.

Scientists urge world leaders to take action on climate change after carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere broke through a symbolic threshold.

The Agriculture Department said approval of the crops might affect the environment and human health.    

Researchers build and test the first prototype of a "thermal invisibility cloak", which can hide objects from heat flow.

Bureaucratic and technical obstacles have slowed the distribution of federal aid in places where water is laced with nitrates and other pollutants.