Orkney botanist honoured for work
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A 92-year-old woman who spent more than half her life charting Orkney's flora is awarded an honorary degree.
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The public is called upon to help hunt for a rare grass-like plant recently found growing in the UK.
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New Zealand scientist Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, hailed as an unsung hero of DNA research, has died in London. He was 88. Though he was not widely known in New Zealand, Professor Wilkins was possibly
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By TESS NACELEWICZ Staff Writer  Visitors to Mackworth Island in Falmouth often admire the orange- red berries of the bittersweet plant, and sometimes take them home to use in Christmas wreaths.  But what many don't know is that those berries are the fruit of a killer vine.
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By CAROLYN CHURCHILL  ONE of the pioneers of space exploration touched down in Scotland yesterday as part of a project which promotes science to schoolchildren.
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A NZ scientist is honoured for helping to develop sheep that can be used to study Huntington's disease.
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A NEW bio-diversity officer has been appointed by Stafford Borough Council to boost its commitment to protecting and enhancing local wildlife and habitats.
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NatureMaker, creator of Steel Art Trees, recently installed its newest work, "The Oldest Living Bristlecone Pine," in the atrium of a private home in San Diego County.
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Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai has become the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for aiding the continent&#39;s poor with a campaign to plant millions of trees to slow down deforestation.
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A "barcode" gene that can be used to distinguish between plant species has been identified.
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Scientists drilling ice cores in Greenland have recovered what appear to be plant remains from nearly 3km (two miles) below the surface.
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The man who led the team that created Dolly the sheep is among the scientists recognised in the New Year Honours.
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By Yu Zhong  Eight people were hailed the "savours of nature" last week when they were voted the "Green People of the Year" for their distinguished contribution in environmental protection.
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The life and work of novelist Graham Greene are being celebrated on Saturday, the centenary of his birth.
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By NO BYLINE  A CITY woodland is being given a GBP 200,000 makeover with new paths, wardens and thousands of trees.   Work will begin on improving Colinton and Craiglockhart Dells next month thanks to the grant from Forestry Commission Scotland.
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The organiser of the Glastonbury Festival is to receive an honorary degree.
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For the first time in nearly a half-century, puffins are returning to Ailsa Craig. The Scottish island is already well-known in the sport of curling as world's the best source of curling stones.