ENVIRONMENT

Google's Seaview underwater project will get under way in September 2012. The search engine giant is set to embark on a new adventure project - capturing 360 degree underwater footage of Australia's Great Barrier Reef in partnership with insurance firm Catlin Group and non-profit Underwater Earth.

Researchers say height of Earth's cloud cover has dropped by 1% in decade and could cool planet.

Researchers say they have discovered four new species of springtails near the Black Sea.

Mass extinction of species warning lodged by International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Brown, White or Fractal Music: What Are We Listening To?

According to a recent study by the Queen Mary's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences in London, goats can actually bleat in different "accents".

Previously unknown species of legless amphibian found buried deep underground in northeast India.

Researchers from the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography have reported a renewed understanding of the Earth's ecosystem has been influenced by the Industrial Revolution.

Researchers from King's College, London, have proven that tiger stripes are formed because of morphogens - a substance secreted by group of cells

Russian scientists have grown plants from fruits that were stored by squirrels, in Siberian permafrost, more than 30,000 years ago.

Environment secretary Caroline Spelman confirms areas facing worse water shortage for 35 years.

A group of scientists from NASA and the University of Maryland have created a unique map that shows the heights of the Earth's forests.

In order to ensure the country retains their global leadership on wave and tidal power, the UK government has been told, by its Members of Parliament on Sunday, they ought to have a more visionary approach.

Google and Stanford University have confirmed they are one of the first recipients of the 2013 Fit EV battery-electric vehicles from Honda. The vehicles have been given as part of the Honda Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program.

Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered the root cause behind Tasmanian Devil cancer.

Researchers from Emory University have discovered that fruit flies infected by parasites consume alcohol to self-medicate.

Heavy rainfall needed to prevent hosepipe ban from being imposed across country.

Rambler stumbled across 5,000-year-old monument on Carmarthenshire mountain.

World's Tiniest Chameleon Found; It is Smaller Than Your Fingernail

Greentomatocars introduces electric vehicles to fleet to offer commuters environmentally-friendly alternative.

Earthquakes Hit California and Costa Rica

Researchers from the University of California and NASA have discovered that earthquakes can bring about considerable changes in the landscape of affected regions.

Researchers from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies have been witness to a rather unprecedented event - a shark eating another shark!

Have you ever wondered why it is we tend to tan so easily and are so prone to sunburn whereas plants never seem to mind?

Researchers from the Lund University in Sweden and the Eotvos University at Budapest in Hungary have discovered the reason behind why zebra got its stripe.

Alarming rise in shark attack fatalities as figure reaches 18-year high.

A group of Australian scientists claim to have found the oldest living organism on the planet.

A team of researchers from South Australia's Flinders University have discovered that the threat of global warming could kill off snail populations in the world.

According to researchers from the University of Western Australia, they may just have discovered the oldest living thing on the planet - sea grass.