Towns in France and Belgium have been giving out free chickens for years to combat food waste – could the idea catch on elsewhere?

A spokesperson for the South African government told the BBC there had been an assault at the station.

In 2019, climate scientist Steffen Olsen took a startling photo which went viral, as it revealed the reality of Greenland's melting ice.

Snowfall is helping urban planners design safer and more pleasant streets in the US.

India's bristle worms are often overlooked. But they are crucial to the health of the country's wetlands – so local women are working to catch the poachers decimating their population.

It is a world cut off from our own by thick blankets of floating ice, but some scientists are taking the plunge to learn how these frozen depths are changing.

Major oil spills can be catastrophic for seabirds and marine life. Nearly 15 years on from the biggest marine spill in history, are we any better at cleaning up oil at sea?

After thousands of rare Chilean cacti were found in the house of an Italian collector, a years-long trial slowly unravelled how they got there.