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Forest fires are raging in many parts of the world but are there more than ever?

Scientists hope a new test will help millions of people in Bangladesh avoid arsenic in their water.

The team that took the first ever image of a black hole announces plans to take a "razor sharp" full-colour video of the one at the centre of our galaxy.

A DNA study rules out suggestions that "Nessie" is a prehistoric reptile or a shark.

Two holes in the mighty predator's head may have helped it lose heat, according to scientists.

A massive environmental monitoring unit on the seabed vanishes, baffling German experts.

The ban, due to start in 2020, could have seen the end to incandescent bulbs which waste energy.

UK satellite company SSTL is taking pictures of the planet with the small educational computer.

Greenlanders talk about the impact of their country's giant ice sheet melting and what they can do about it.

A millipede-like creature from 550 million years ago is among the earliest examples of this.

The BBC's David Shukman returns to the Sermilik glacier that he last visited in 2004.

Endangered carnivorous plants are being reintroduced in an attempt to reverse their decline.

The massive ice sheet covering Greenland may have melted by a record amount this year, scientists say.

It is the first time physical evidence of the 1651 Battle of Worcester has been discovered.

Nasa's Artemis mission plans to send the first woman and the next man to the Moon.

The tsunami hazard from volcanoes that collapse into the sea may have been underestimated as a result.

Can the palm oil industry improve its impact on the environment?

Only a third of scientists are women but Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn wants young women to persist.

Migratory patterns have changed in the last 25 years according to a new study by Scots researchers.

Three full truck loads of dinosaur fossils ship out as scientists end their excavation season.

The number of cuckoos plummets but buzzards soar in warmer weather, ornithologists say.

After 33 years, Japanese fishermen are once again carrying out commercial whaling.

The Zoological Society of London said it was a "positive sign of the health of the ecosystem".

Make-up artist Emmy Burbidge travels to Papua New Guinea to discover the truth about what’s in her make-up, and find out whether there’s a sustainable way of producing the oil used.

One of the protest movement's founders says she was inspired after praying on a psychedelic retreat.

One-hundred years after the Forestry Commission was set up, a writer reflects on the creative power of trees.

Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. How bad are they?

A report downgrades the reef's long-term health from poor to very poor due to climate change.

Scientists explore the home of a bat species that is confined to a single cave in Cuba.

The next US space agency robot to explore the Red Planet will carry a small helicopter with it.

Reaching Net Zero emissions will be a huge challenge, says UK's outgoing chief environment scientist.

The 60-day ban comes as a leading environmentalist warns "the worst of the fire is yet to come".

Marina Migunova spotted the islands in photos showing a shrinking Arctic glacier.

The teen climate change activist arrives in New York City after a 15-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean on a solar-powered boat.

The 16-year-old campaigner arrives in the US after a two-week journey across the Atlantic.

The successor to the famous Hubble Space Telescope reaches a key milestone in its construction.

Brazil's President Bolsonaro also reveals he has accepted help from Chile, after rejecting a G7 offer.

In the fractious climate debate, criticism of young activists has sometimes spiralled into abuse.

Fossil fuel burning is the big issue but continued forest cover loss will make climate targets harder to achieve, say scientists.

The Californian rocket company demonstrates its new methane-burning engine in Texas.

Plastic carrier bags were made illegal, so how has the government enforced the ban?

If you rule out everything made by fire, we would not be left with much of an economy at all.

The international wildlife regulator bans the capture and export of baby African elephants.

The body representing UK vets says pet food diets based on insects are a 'fantastic opportunity'.

President Bolsonaro demands an apology from his French counterpart for calling him a liar.

Insect-based foods may be better for pets than prime steak, according to the British Veterinary Association.

Engineers in Stevenage, UK, finish building a robot that will search for life on the Red Planet.

President Donald Trump reportedly suggested bombing hurricanes before they made landfall.

The mass of pumice, the size of Manhattan, is believed to come from an underwater volcano near Tonga.

Two sailors recall their encounter with a vast sea of floating volcanic rocks in the Pacific Ocean.