The scientists transferred some of the resilience of the ancient ancestor of wheat into modern varieties

The RSPB says the number of birds affected by the spill has now reached 4,000

Questions have been raised over the health impact of high levels of tiny airborne metal particles discovered in a European underground train system.

The Bosawas Reserve is a critically important rainforest but native people say it is being destroyed by "colonists"

Five people in Saudi Arabia have died from a Sars-like virus and two more are seriously ill, officials say.

Saudi authorities have been criticised in the past for a lack of preparedness for floods
At least 13 people have died and four other are missing in flash floods in Saudi Arabia.

Nearly 260,000 people died during the famine that hit Somalia from 2010 to 2012, a study shows.

Europe needs to adopt clearer policies on energy to encourage investors, says a House of Lords report

Nearly 70,000 people in Northern Ireland are living with cancer, or have had a cancer diagnosis in the last 18 years.

The new planning approach will see changes to wind farm developments