As Edinburgh introduces a visitor levy this week, we look at what a decade of tourist tax-funded investment has done for one ...

Cancer survival rates have doubled in England and Wales over the last half a century amid a “golden age” for cancer treatment. That’s according to a landmark report by Cancer Research UK (CRUK), which ...

China’s embrace of renewables has tipped its emissions into reverse, with some experts predicting the country’s CO2 output could be entering a period of structural decline. According to analysis by ...

Can conservation succeed by adapting tradition rather than erasing it? In east Africa, Maasai warriors are redefining courage ...

Conservationists say a switch from real leopard skins to synthetic furs in traditional ceremonies has helped reduce poaching ...

Advances in forensic science are disrupting the illegal wildlife trade – and are documented in a new photo series ...

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has brought renewed urgency to the climate solutions campaigners have been pushing for ...

Communities in England will be given extra powers to take over pubs and other assets threatened with closure under proposed new legislation. Under the English devolution and community empowerment bill ...

A striking underwater shot of an Atlantic sturgeon swimming free from its cage in Sweden has won an award celebrating rewilding successes in Europe. The juvenile fish was reintroduced to the Göta ...

The sound of progress has rarely been so literal. This week a “life-changing” breakthrough in gene therapy has given people born with genetic hearing loss potential for recovering some of their ...

A bold new building in Rotterdam promises to showcase solutions to global problems – and encourage positive action ...