An invasive pathogen has affected thousands of hectares of olive plantations in Puglia, southern Italy

Global plans to curb carbon dioxide are well below what's needed to keep temperatures from rising above 2 degrees according to a new analysis.

Take Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan Kingdom that many years ago adopted a Gross National Happiness index, as an alternative approach to measuring the country's prosperity.

The Men B vaccine will be given to babies at two, four and 12 months old as part of routine immunisations.

Cape Verde Islands is on alert as Hurricane Fred nears, with damaging winds, heavy rain and high tides. Sarah Keith-Lucas has the latest details.

But small companies in Germany and Canada are doing precisely this - capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) and finding ways to sell it.

The party leaders have promised their manifestos will be consistent with Scotland's Climate Change Act

Microscope image showing the spherical particles of Mers-CoV within the cytoplasm of an infected cell
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Inmarsat, which provides mobile telecommunications, is attempting to put up the third spacecraft in its next-generation global network.

Public Health England analysed blood-sugar levels to estimate the number of people at risk of developing type-2 diabetes