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Dartmoor Zoo hopes to repopulate rare black-veined white butterflies in the UK.

Southern red wood ants are considered a keystone species, benefiting the ecosystems around them.

Scientists are studying how trees respond to hotter, drier conditions caused by climate change.

Andreina Valerio says she fears for her son, who is trapped with her partner and in-laws beneath a collapsed building.

Rights of Nature could give Lough Neagh the same status as a person, entitled to the same protections.

Forecasters have suggested that summer is likely to be warmer than average with an increased chance of more heatwaves, as Simon King explains.

The record-breaking heatwave is set to end with cooler and more unsettled weather by Sunday.

Statistics show the number of trees being planted is increasing, but conservationists say it is not meeting targets.

Germany's highest ever temperature of 41.3C is recorded provisionally in Saarbrücken, over the border from France.

Argentinian geologist Eduardo Olivero became the first scientist to find the remains of a dinosaur in Antarctica in 1986.