Large sums promised to developing countries to help them tackle climate change cannot be accounted for, a BBC investigation has found.

Sitting in your favourite armchair doing a crossword or Sudoku does not sound like a particularly effective way to use up calories.

A chemical produced naturally in women's bodies during pregnancy offers hope as a powerful breast cancer drug, scientists say.

Greater access to HIV drugs has helped cut the number of Aids-related deaths by 10 per cent in past five years, according to a report released today.

Some of the learning difficulties of Down's syndrome have been reversed by a blood pressure drug in a breakthrough that offers hope to millions.

The Governor of Alaska plans to fight the Endangered Species Act protection of the polar bear

Photo shoots are usually the preserve of fashionistas and celebrities - but these are sleek and slinky posers of a different kind

It was exactly a year ago that Elgin deer hunter Pat Crawford started looking through the photos recorded by a motion-activated camera in the back of a friend's tree nursery along Plank Road.

Around the U.S., countless people have been maimed, seriously injured, or killed by tigers, primates, reptiles, bears, and other exotic species kept as pets.

NEW DELHI -- Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory and had all his savings stolen by the police. He was only 11. Today, at 13, he shares a cramped,, dingy shelter with 63