Almost one in five reptiles is facing extinction, experts have warned.

Conservation experts released a list of the world’s 100 most threatened species and warned that only a changed public and government mindset could save them from imminent extinction.

DUBLIN-based web and mobile services provider, Zamano, expects to break even this year and return to profitability in 2012, following a positive performance in the first half of 2011.

MANAGEMENT at Zamano — the Dublin-based web and mobile services company — has told shareholders that the business has seen a “much improved” performance in the first half of its current financial year.

A baby gorilla dubbed Tiny has taken his first steps at his home in London Zoo.

Aid agencies today warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in the Democratic Republic of Congo after fierce fighting between the government and rebel forces.

MORE than half of Europe’s frog, toad and newt species could be wiped out by mid-century, scientists warned yesterday.