Anti-inflammatory drugs could cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes, a study of 10,000 patients suggests.

A ban on plastic carrier bags has come into force in Kenya, which means that from Monday anyone found selling, manufacturing or carrying them could face fines of up to $38,000 or prison sentences o

Scientists are deeply divided on whether snow leopards are still endangered species, a BBC investigation has found.

Former Marshall Islands foreign minister Tony De Brum, who played a key role in securing the Paris climate pact has passed away aged 72.

More than 100 Maasai huts in Tanzania have been allegedly burned down by game reserve authorities near the Serengeti National Park.

The green light has been given for what will be Scotland's largest solar farm.

Plants have been "hijacked" to make polio vaccine in a breakthrough with the potential to transform vaccine manufacture, say scientists.

A campaign to plant trees to compensate for the impact of President Trump's climate policies has 120,000 pledges.

This colourful video tracks the behaviour of the ozone layer over Antarctica across all of 2016.

New images have been released of wildfires that continue to burn close to the Greenland ice sheet, on the country's west coast.