Today's News

Predators could be superweed fix
A plant-eating predator from Japan could be used to control a superweed spreading throughout the UK, scientists believe.
 

World 'to fail' on nature target
The world's governments will fail to meet their agreed target of curbing biodiversity loss by 2010, conservationists tell the BBC.
 

US tourist set for space station
US space tourist Richard Garriott follows in the footsteps of his astronaut father as he blasts off into space.
 

Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'
The global economy loses more money from deforestation than the current banking crisis, says an EU-commissioned report.