A mission to Mercury is getting closer to the launch pad.

Europe and Japan say their joint space mission is ready to face the inferno of working at Mercury.

Scientists have detected a new particle at the Large Hadron Collider at Cern

A two-week-old pygmy hippopotamus steps out under the care of its mum, at an animal park in Santiago.

Rising numbers of people want selfies riding elephants, but a new study says many are kept in "severely cruel" conditions.

The BBC's Jan Bruck has you covered.

Our clothing and laundry are polluting the marine environment, UK research reveals.

Our clothing and laundry are polluting the marine environment, UK research reveals.

The case was brought over cutting levels of nitrogen dioxide.

How urban gardens are connecting with nature to bring wildlife into the city.

Farmers are using far greater amounts of untreated waste water on crops, posing risks to public health.

Environmental legal group ClientEarth says minsters failed to conduct their recent public consultation on clean air properly.

The new research funding body sets out its vision for the future amid the changing world of science.

Researchers unlock the chemistry of Roman concrete which has resisted the elements for thousands of years.

Researchers have described new fossils belonging to an extinct crocodile-like creature that had a set of serrated teeth like those of a T. rex.