The disaster in south Florida is invisible from above water but the damage is horrific. Hundreds of yards of sensitive coral reefs, part of the largest such ecosystem in the United States, have been sliced through by boats in two incidents

An irrigation farm larger than Singapore and sucking up billions of litres of water each year has been bought by Australia's government to help save one of the country's most vital rivers from a slow death and climate change.

It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.

Sam Blake says, "People wake up one day and think how cool it would be to have a wolf. In a very short amount of time they are kicking themselves for getting one. They are expecting the wolf to act like a dog. They don't! They think the best thing to do

India has lost around 2,000 tigers in the last five years, says a latest census. Corbett National Park, a sanctuary where tiger numbers are still healthy has also seen poachers hunting for the big cats. In 2001, poachers killed at least six male elephant

Scientists believe they are close to a significant breakthrough in the treatment of spinal injuries. The University of Cambridge team is developing a treatment which could potentially allow damaged nerve fibres to regenerate within the spinal cord.

SCIENTISTS predict the Great Barrier Reef faces four possible scenarios by 2050 with everything from a "catastrophic" climatic event to global warfare. CSIRO project leaders Iris Bohnet and Erin Bohensky this week warned the future of the Reef largely

A rock carving dating back to the bronze age has been uncovered by forestry workers clearing trees which fell during the recent storms. The mysterious rock art had been hidden by a huge tree in Forestry Commission Scotland's Achnabreac Forest

Vinyl albums, VCR tapes and camera film may soon have company in the graveyard of obsolete media: compact discs and DVDs. With the internet, flash memory and digitalization dramatically transforming how music, video, games and computer data are delivered

Are all blue-eyed people descended from the same ancestor?