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The "necklace" injuries, many caused by discarded plastic waste, are becoming more common, says the RSPCA.

Hundreds of thousands of Brits travel to Ibiza each summer, but what happens to their waste when they leave?

The UK government policy sees cattle TB incidence fall in two badger cull areas but rise in a third.

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is named as the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

The Met Police calls the action "stupid and dangerous", as officers arrest 50 people at London airport.

The Sun's outbursts can disrupt technology on Earth, and Europe needs better protection.

Preserving heather in the natural landscape could have benefits for wild bees, say scientists.

Early humans living 200,000-420,000 years ago were previously not thought capable of such planning.

Satellite spies the White Continent's newest giant iceberg as it spins around.

In a bid to stop wildfires, San Francisco Bay Area residents could be denied power for several days.

Greenpeace asks fast-food chains to stop selling meat from animals fed on soya from Brazil.

Culls drive badgers to roam further afield, allowing them to disperse TB over a larger area, research suggests.

Nearly 400 all-time high temperature records were broken over the summer.

Where businesses cut down on plastic, fishermen collect litter and students march about the climate.

The conservationists who campaigned to prevent mining and oil drilling on Australia's coral reef.

One man's desire to create the perfect gun profoundly changed manufacturing.

The Antarctic icon could lose more than half its population by 2100, say scientists.

Three scientists have been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries about the Universe.

The Russian circus polar bear brought to live at Bristol Zoo who helped change zoos.

Going on foot, by bike or by car? Three Sheffield families took part in a test to find out.

It may be the smallest ozone hole in three decades but scientists are warning against complacency.

Jupiter had been the "moon king" for some 20 years.

Researchers produce cattle that lack horns, meaning they cannot use them to injure other animals or humans.

The Planning Inspectorate had ruled against new gas-fired turbines on climate change concerns.

Three scientists who discovered how cells adapt to oxygen share the prize for physiology or medicine.

At least one in five vertebrate species on Earth are bought and sold on the wildlife market.

A cataclysmic energy flare started near the massive black hole in our galaxy, a new research says.

The number of rare goshawks in the New Forest has doubled in the last eight years.

The Nobel Prizes are amongst the most prestigious awards in a variety of fields, so how do you win one?

Meet the "transhumanists" who are pushing the boundaries of technology to implant chips and more into their bodies.

Organisers of the Cardiff Half Marathon have taken measures to reduce the event's carbon footprint.

They want to highlight the fact they are one of the industries worst affected by climate change.

The research vessel is spearheading the biggest ever scientific expedition at the North Pole.

Citizen scientists have helped shed light on a type of fungi that can spread underground for miles.

To prevent another summer of mass fish deaths, authorities have launched a painstaking operation.

A man who had not walked for two years was able to move all his limbs thanks to new technology.

Scientists in Oxfordshire are trying to decipher scrolls buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79.

A report on nature in the UK also shows 41% of species have experienced decline.

With a warning hundreds of wildlife species are at risk in Wales, one Gower farm is helping conservation.

Climate change activists sprayed fake blood outside the Treasury - but the jet was too powerful.

Russian president Vladimir Putin said there was a need to be "realistic" about renewable energy.

A team of more than 60 experts is trying to find out more about the enigmatic Nabataean culture.

Taking all the available data, it was clear something was amiss with the tsunami-generating volcano.

Launch towers and "antenna farms" have been proposed for the 815-acre site in the north Highlands.

Women inventors account for just under 13% of patent applications globally, according to a study.

Drones can be used to work out the body mass of the largest animals on the planet, helping in their conservation.

A huge earthquake off Alaska in the 1960s caused tsunamis that scientists say washed a tropical fungus ashore.

There are 1.85 billion, billion tonnes of carbon on Earth, nearly all of it held beneath the surface.

There were about 1,100km (700 miles) of jams as farmers reacted to plans to cut nitrogen emissions.