A 50-year-old man has been charged with criminal damage after an incident at a research centre where a trial of GM wheat is taking place.

Native black honeybees are doing better across the UK than previously thought, according to a study which raises hopes they could help boost the insect's fortunes.

US study says nerve agent causes Colony Collapse Disorder

End the denial over bee poisoning

Worldwide declines in bee colonies, threatening much of global agriculture, may be caused by a new generation of nerve-agent pesticides, two new studies strongly suggest.

Twice in the past three years, the Government has been asked, on the basis of compelling evidence, to suspend the use of the new generation of neonicotinoid pesticides, until the increasingly worrying evidence that they are extremely harmful to bees and other pollinating insects has been shown to be unfounded.

Two studies confirm dangers of 'nerve agents' used on one-third of all British cropland

Campaigners call for review of herbicide use in Europe following landmark ruling

Hundreds of survivors of the Bhopal industrial disaster in India have burned effigies of a London Olympics official and an Indian official to protest against Dow Chemicals' sponsorship of the 2012 Games.

Malaria is notoriously unpredictable. The increased number of cases in the Senegal study was observed over a single season (three to four months). I'm a little surprised they are being reported at this stage.

A 25-year battle by Latin American banana labourers to win compensation from companies including British-Dutch oil giant Shell for exposure to a pesticide which they claim left them sterile and crippled by ill health is set to finally come to a close after dozens of workers filed damages claims.