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What is causing the multiple February wildfires and is this the new normal?

The Met Office records 21.2C in London's Kew Gardens, making the UK warmer than hot spots like Ibiza.

Scotsman Dave Mackay piloted Virgin Galactic's rocket plane to 90km above California's Mojave Desert.

A new image from Japan's Hayabusa-2 spacecraft reveals a dark splodge where it touched down on the surface of an asteroid last week.

Scottish pilot Dave Mackay pushes Virgin Galactic's rocket plane faster and higher than it's ever been.

A government report recommends lifting a four-year ban on hunting elephants.

A giant bee, thought lost to science decades ago, has been re-discovered on an Indonesian island.

The privately backed Beresheet robot leaves Earth on a mission to land on the lunar surface in April.

The Hayabusa-2 probe descended to the Ryugu asteroid to try to collect a sample from its surface.

Two students take up the challenge of repairing, reusing and recycling clothes for London Fashion Week.

Reports show many insect populations are declining. How will that affect us?

A collection of images spanning 64 years has been described as the "historical Google Earth".

A UN report says the plants and animals crucial to human food systems are in global decline.

Researchers from the University of Bristol have found a novel way of keeping flies away from horses.

Wild animals are increasingly eating our food and scientists are discovering 'hidden effects'.

A newly discovered relative of T. rex stood just a metre or more tall at the hip, a study suggests.

New-build homes should be warmed by heat pumps or networks of hot water, a report says.

The biggest and brightest supermoon of 2019 was observed around the world.

BBC Radio 5 Live's Sam Walker looks at which foods are better for the environment.

Eighty per cent of Wales' environmental laws are tied to the EU and must be replaced, charities warn.

A 5,600-year-old skull fragment discovered by Thames amateur archaeologists goes on display.

Wallace Broecker, the scientist who helped popularise the term "global warming", has died at the age 87.

It is still the final frontier, but space travel has come a little closer to the public at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.

The Chinese businesswoman was sentenced to 15 years in prison for operating an ivory-smuggling ring.

A mystery disease that is killing beech trees could cause widespread die-offs unless more is done to halt its spread, warn scientists.

Growing meat in the laboratory may damage the climate more in the long run, than meat from cattle.

Clothing brands and retailers should pay per item to fund a £35m annual recycling scheme, MPs say.

Badger baiting: 'Hundreds' illegally killed every season in Northern Ireland

What do these Neath pupils think of plastic waste after a beach clean-up?

X-ray images reveal the inner workings of a variety of different species at ZSL London Zoo.

Campaigners say retailers want fees to apply only to smaller containers, rather than all plastic bottles.

How sustainable are your fashion habits? Take our quiz.

Techniques used to analyse data are producing misleading and often wrong results, critics say.

Scientists have called for a ban on the development of weapons controlled by AI.

Travis Kauffman was hiking in Colorado when he came toe-to-toe with a young mountain lion

Researchers in Edinburgh develop gene-edited farm animals for poor farmers in Africa.

Students have protested across the UK to air their views on the issue of climate change. We talked to some of those in Manchester.

Students in cities around the UK walked out of school to call for action from the government.

Two men carrying at least 24 severed rhino horns have been arrested at Hong Kong airport's customs.

The oil and gas company believes a prohibition on single-use plastic could increase CO2, but is that true?

A British-led mission demonstrates a projectile that could one day be used to clear up space junk.

Across the UK, students are set to take part in a climate strike, but will it make a difference?

A bald eagle had to be rescued after a 20cm ice ball grew on its tail.

The UK and US governments announce a £25m project to improve the sensitivity of the LIGO facilities.

Anglian Water admits ammonia discharge from a recycling unit killed big bream in the River Cam.

The abandoned Chernobyl exclusion zone could be about to change for the first time since the world's worst nuclear disaster.

Thick ice and a lost sub bring an end to the search for the famous Antarctic explorer's sunken polar yacht.

Britons are being urged to write a poem, letter or story to celebrate the woodlands of the UK.

It's claimed this is the first time the rare animal has been photographed in Africa in a century.