Environment

Mr Chips was hit by an unknowing gardener as he was nestled in a pile of leaves, and a large section of fur and spines was ripped off.

The youths were caught on covert cameras restraining the bird before torturing it with a curved knife and a slingshot

Ice cores from the French Alps have revealed mining for lead and silver led to poisons being released into the air more than 2,000 years ago.

Warmer springs and autumns when temperatures reach a steady 16C - 60.8F - could dramatically increase the risk of Ranavirus outbreaks in common frogs

It is illegal to remove the nesting birds from the mast in Shirley, West Midlands

Rob Arnold made his sculpture from the pieces of Nestle product containers he found on a beach in Cornwall

Researchers have found the first evidence of radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb testing in muscle tissues of crustaceans that inhabit the deepest parts of the oceans

Photographer Ashley Burnett from Bristol sifted through countless grains of sand to select the most interesting pieces

The pictures of the building near Castle Carrock, in Carlisle, Cumbria have sparked outrage on social media after they were shared by NestsNotNets.