Environment

Efforts to save the tiger from extinction have been boosted after ecologists concluded that there are SIX different types of the big cat still surviving in the wild

The striking brown and yellow bird is just four inches long including a half an inch beak and tips the scales at a quarter of an ounce - less than two teaspoons of sugar

The study reveals that half of all premature deaths in the UK are linked to risk factors such as smoking, diet, alcohol and drug use, obesity and high blood pressure

The campaigners - along with 26 others - blocked the entrance to the Commission in Trafalgar Square on the day Canadian Prime Minister Mr Trudeau was visiting

City Bridge Trust will help City Harvest feed over 60,000 Londoners in poverty after awarding the charity £79,800 to run a food storage warehouse in Ealing.  City Harvest will use the money to pay for a manager to run the London site which will deliver enough food to make more than three million meals a year. The charity distributes fresh, nutritious food to Londoners in poverty seven days a week in 23 out of 32 the capital’s boroughs.  City Harvest has grown significantly...

Their ability to count is closer to our own than any other animal - adding to their reputation as one of the world's smartest species

Chronic exposure to boats, kayaks and swimmers is changing their behaviour - leaving them vulnerable to predators.

Ingesting them can damage lungs, poison kidneys, interfere with hormones - and even travel across a mother's placenta, research has shown.

It was the first ever recorded in Devon