Work is continuing to improve water quality following a sewage discharge into a stretch of the River Thames in Berkshire.

Antibiotic resistance has been selected as the focus for a £10m prize set up to tackle a major challenge of our time.

Researchers have developed a new manufacturing method which could bring down the cost of making a type of solar cell.

The number of large scale solar parks in Wales is set to double, with rural west Wales increasingly being targeted.

Britain is running out of land for food and faces a potential shortfall of two million hectares by 2030 according to new research.

Neonicotinoid pesticides are causing significant damage to a wide range of beneficial species and are a key factor in the decline of bees, say scientists.

Invasive species cost the Northern Ireland economy £46.5m each year, according to official figures.

The number of people killed by the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has risen to 337, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

On 12 June 2014, EU environment ministers reached agreement on a proposed directive on the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Industrial pollution may be behind a drop in the number of boys being born in Scotland, scientists believe.