Increasing numbers of grey herons are nesting in Hartsholme Country Park in Lincolnshire. An estimated 24 chicks were raised successfully last year; a clear indicator of the improving local environment.

Permanent legal protection for the Irish hare would signal its vulnerable status and help wider conservation measures.

As the country frets about extricating itself from the financial mess, there is one group of Americans to whom the rest of us owe the most sincere words of apology

The northeastern U.S. coast is likely to see the world's biggest sea level rise from man-made global warming, a new study predicts.

A drastic climate shift such as a thaw of Greenland's ice or death of the Amazon forest is more than 50 percent likely by the year 2200 in cases of strong global warming, according to a survey of experts.

Global warming is threatening polar bears as it melts their icy Arctic habitat, Norway's environment minister said .

Belfast is set to enjoy comedy, craic and culture this St Patrick's day as part of a three-day festival.

After running directly into the grandstands during the Iditarod's ceremonial start and veering 55 miles off course late Tuesday to chase a marmot, Siberian husky and rookie sled dog Melvin apologized to his musher and fellow canines Wednesday for making a

A RARE white-tailed sea eagle has been found dead in Co Kerry, with experts saying it is likely the bird was poisoned.

A bloody war between Mexican drug cartels is no longer solely a south-of-the-border problem, members of Congress said Tuesday at a hearing on the issue.