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Every year a Chinese-dominated flotilla big enough to be seen from space pillages the rich marine life on Mile 201, a largely ungoverned part of the South Atlantic off Argentina ...

Suit against San Francisco-area cities Petaluma and Morgan Hill latest attack on policies that seek to rein in oil and gas ...

Electric car sales rose by nearly a quarter to a record 473,000, or 23.4% of the overall market, says SMMT ...

There's nothing more uplifting than hearing about a world-shaking, life-enhancing new development. But science shouldn't overlook the small stuff, or stop looking for new species of cute, fluffy mammals, writes Emma Beddington ...

Pacific Grove is known as 'Butterfly Town USA' for its role as an overwintering spot. As the insect's population plummets, residents are coming to its rescue ...

Exclusive: data reveals hundreds of UK nests have been raided in the past decade amid growing appetite to own prized birds for racing and breeding ...

Emergency managers say the US president has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters ...

Other firms are taking advantage of Tesla's sales slump, while technological advances mean that glitches are being left in the rear-view mirror, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams ...

Erik Irmer has been documenting the spread of invasive plant and animal species that disrupt native ecology across Europe. He focuses on humans' interactions with these plants and animals. Aliens is published by Fotohof ...

Worried about degraded plastic? Spare a thought for those poor ants ...