Three months after the European Union’s top court gave gene-edited crops the same stringent legal status as GMOs, researchers world-wide are feeling the pinch.

A growing body of research suggests newly post-conflict areas provide a golden opportunity to tackle the challenge of deforestation.

The UK space agency has awarded almost £4 million to a group of Colombian scientists to use drones, satellites and the Internet Of Things (IOT).

The promotion of breastfeeding as a scientifically sound and cheap way to fight childhood malnutrition has been dealt a blow after allegations of US govt interference.

A space program for Bolivia might seem a low priority given the South American nation's internal challenges of poverty, inequality and lack of infrastructure - Enter China, hungry for Lithium.

The Cenicafe research institute is ground zero for an evolutionary and economic arms race to keep coffee flowing from Colombia into consumers' cups across the world.

The Northern Territory's Daly River region is 17,000 kilometres away from Colombia, but now knowledge gleaned from the traditional land-holders is helping influence shape global biodiversity policy.

In the balmy, rich waters of the Gulf of Panama, hundreds of humpback whales gather to feed and mate. But this sunny spot is also the Pacific end of the Panama Canal.

CERN may be home to the LHC, but it also hosts an experiment offering the first real data on how Cosmic Rays affect the Earth's climate.

The South American country of Colombia has been rocked by graphic images on the news and social media of a dead Andean (or Spectacled) Bear

The first PurpleAir Pollution Sensor in Latin America has gone online in Medellin, Colombia, transmitting air quality data to the world

Seven weeks after he was plucked from the water at Moreton Island suffering horrific shark bite injuries, Nari the wild Tangalooma dolphin returned home last night in a style befitting an adventurous teen; plenty of fuss, worried family hovering close by and under police escort.

The chief chemical investigator into the Exxon Valdez has vindicated the Queensland Government's response to the oil spill in Moreton Bay two weeks ago.

Think an international phone call is expensive? Try ringing someone in space. Brisbane students will speak with the Intl Space Station.

Brisbane researchers are part of an effort to unlock the mysteries of the bovine genome, paving the way for a leaner, greener breed of cow.

Ensuring legal frameworks are in place and that transparency and limiting corruption are high on the list of issues will determine the success of a scheme that compensates developing countries for keeping their forests, said forestry researchers.

An advocate for sustainable use of Amazonian rainforests has been killed, just months after predicting he would be ‘disappeared’ for his views on illegal logging. José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife, Maria do Espírito Santo, were reported killed in an ambush on or around May 23 2011, near their home in Nova Ipixuna, in Pará state, Brazil.