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Scientists and architects in London have developed 'bio-curtains' to act as an alternative to urban trees.

The pilot whales were spotted during a helicopter sightseeing tour over Longufjorur.

The Environment Agency takes steps to refill a river featured in some of the UK's best-loved paintings.

Pesticides are blamed for Russia's mass bee deaths, while French honey production is also down.

The public is being urged to spend 15 minutes in a sunny spot for the world's biggest butterfly survey.

A study suggests the butts make up the most pervasive form of plastic pollution on the planet.

Photographers and nature lovers capture the natural phenomenon that lights up the sea.

Fifty years ago, James Burke was one of the presenters leading the BBC's live coverage of the Moon landing.

About 600 million were watching in 1969 - thanks largely to an unlikely outpost in rural Australia.

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the average temperature was 61.6F (16.4C).

Researchers say the mosque, dating from the 7th or 8th century, would be a rare find anywhere.

Four Russians and two Nasa engineers emerge from four months in a Moscow "spacecraft".

In a UK first, a 7m high barrier of sand is being created to help stop the coastline from crumbling.

Nearly two million cubic metres of sand is being shifted to a stretch of the Norfolk coast to protect it from the sea.

Fish, snails and fungi join a list of threatened species, as conservationists say small, slimy species have been overlooked.

A European lobby group says the range of electric car models available to consumers is getting better.

The Royal Society tells the Tory leadership candidates the UK collaborates more with the EU than the US.

As more of us worry about our carbon emissions, how can you offset your air travel?

A new photography book captures the environmental threat to America's coastal region.

Onlookers watched as a huge pod of dolphins - known as a super- or megapod - swam alongside them.

They warn the party must become proactive in tackling the issue at grassroots level.

Chennai is India's sixth largest city, but its residents are relying on trucks and trains to bring them water.

The Moon appears red on the day of the 50th anniversary of the historic space flight.

Start-up NeuraLink wants to start testing its human computer interface on humans.

MPs say the simple step of adding more ethanol to the UK's fuel mix would be same as taking 700,000 cars off the roads.

Timothy Mwangi has cared for chimpanzees for nearly two decades at this rescue centre in Kenya.

Could a year's global plastic waste circle the Earth four times over?

Michael Collins visits the exact spot the first human mission to the moon launched from 50 years ago.

A leaky component may have been to blame for the dramatic explosion of a SpaceX capsule during testing in April.

Mr Gove says there is a moral, political and economic imperative to tackle climate change.

The Extinction Rebellion group is holding climate protests across the UK.

A House of Lords inquiry looked at the impact of the ban on fishing discards six months on.

The man who allegedly killed Suzanne Eaton was reported to be a father of two from the Greek island.

It is hoped a new instrument will help scientists understand the sources and movement of water on the Moon.

"Europe's GPS" remains offline as it grapples with a technical glitch in its ground infrastructure.

The note - once called the currency of corrupt elites - gets a makeover with the image of a computer pioneer.

Imports of waste oil from Asia, intended to cut carbon from transport, are linked to rising levels of deforestation

India's space mission to the Moon's south pole will not launch on Monday, due to a technical problem.

The public knew little about this enigmatic man, but now we are gaining a glimpse of the real Neil Armstrong.

The huge barrel jellyfish, as big as a human, was seen off the coast of Cornwall.

The submersible robot delivers baby corals to damaged areas allowing reefs to regenerate.

All the focus was on the Moon, the mission and the men – but what about the families back on Earth?

One of the most important Russian space science missions in the post-Soviet era lifts off from Baikonur.

Deep-water divers Jake Wilton and Monty Halls formed an unlikely friendship with a manta ray after she appeared to ask them for help.

Much of Germany's power is still made by burning coal. Activists have occupied a forest in protest.

An Indian state has launched the world's first "cap and trading" programme to curb air pollution.

Experts say there is no alarm, despite a high level of caesium at a Soviet-era submarine wreck.

The model gives an insight "into what our ancestors would have heard", an academic says.

These sharks thought it was swordfish on the menu, but there was something hungrier in the darkness.

The giant block of ice has spun around and is now moving north along the Antarctic Peninsula.