More loggerhead sea turtles nest on the Greek island of Zakynthos than anywhere else in the Mediterranean but they are at risk from the tourist trade.

Astronomer Dr Heather Couper explains why Nasa are hoping to send astronauts to asteroids.

Ancient ruins in a south London car park could be shortlisted for World Heritage Site status. Rajini Vaidyanathan finds out what criteria need to be fulfilled.

Cranes are being reintroduced to the West Country 400 years after they were last regularly seen in the area.

Iraq has a history of keeping wild animals as status symbols and now there is a ready market for rare animals and no controls on trading them.

Conservationists are preparing to scout the world for traces of amphibian species that are believed to be extinct, but may just be clinging to existence.

An orphaned baby sea otter has been rescued and nursed back to health in Alaska.

Two astronauts have attempted to repair a broken cooling system on the International Space Station, in an eight-hour space walk.

A „poo-powered” VW Beetle has taken to the streets of Bristol in an attempt to encourage sustainable motoring.

Two decades after a referendum voted to close it down, Italy is planning to re-open its nuclear power industry.