Deaf children can find life isolating, cut off from the sounds of the world. But seven-year-old Evie Crook from Derbyshire has had her life transformed by a Golden Labrador called Gem.

The United States makes things that other countries cannot. Today, "Made in U.S.A." is more likely to be stamped on heavy equipment or the circuits that go inside other products than the televisions, toys, clothes and other items found on store shelves.

Research has shown that people are more likely to recycle if they see people, and organisations, around them doing it. We need to take advantage of the way in which individuals can inspire and encourage one another.

Argentina's worst drought in more than 50 years is magnifying the country's chances of suffering another economic crisis, and the lost farming revenue will complicate the government's efforts to meet more than $18 billion in debt obligations this year,

GM, which saw sales in its home market of the US slump 49pc last month, will cut 10pc of its global office-based workforce - reducing headcount to 63,000, with 3,400 jobs going in America and the remainder coming from GM's overseas operation.

An African elephant never forgets - especially when it comes to the loss of its kin, Molecular Ecology, reveal that the negative effects of poaching persist for decades after the killing has ended.

A computer virus attacking Microsoft Windows has infected almost nine million machines and is spreading faster than ever before.

Just 120 years ago, about 500 bison remained in the U.S., slashed from a peak of at least 30 million by game hunters, European settlers and railroad crews.

As authorities order mandatory evacuations due to a fire that has scorched more than 50,000 acres in Big Sur, organizations are lending a hand to owners of animals, both small and large.

Scientists create a new system for modeling risk and discover that some species may be far more endangered than ever imagined