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Greta Thunberg spoke to the BBC in September, but since then she's become a global phenomenon.

The 15-year mission of "Oppy" the robot is declared over after repeated failed attempts to contact it.

The US space agency's InSight mission positions the second of its surface instruments on Mars.

The new species were found after three years of extensive explorations in the Western Ghats.

Conservationists from Chester zoo are conducting the first ever study of the animals, in Uganda.

Scientists release rare footage of the secretive giant pangolin to highlight the scaly mammal's plight.

One small town has become a dumping ground for the world's waste and it's causing a stink.

The winning pictures in this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award.

When a Malaysian town was inundated with foreign plastic waste, a group of villagers decided to fight back.

A radical plan to tackle climate change pushed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may now come to the Senate for a vote.

There are now more than 2 million sq miles of extra leaf area per year, compared with the early 2000s.

Two BBC journalists succumbed to the trend and took at-home genealogy tests. This is what they found.

Four Americans are celebrated for their roles in developing the sat-nav Global Positioning System.

Policymakers are not grasping the seriousness of what we’re doing to the planet, a think-tank warns.

The mapping organisation's craft will collect images and data for businesses and organisations to use.

Feral and free-ranging dogs are the third worst human-introduced predators, posing a major threat to wildlife.

Why is a part of Russia in a state of emergency over polar bears?

Houseflies and cockroaches will thrive as bees, butterflies and beetles decline, says a new analysis.

Scientists hope to discover one of the most famous ships in Antarctic exploration history this week.

At first the distant icy object Ultima Thule looked like a snowman. Now it's a "gingerbread man".

Male tiger Asim arrived at London Zoo days ago as a potential mate for long-term resident Melati.

Mixing drinks may not actually make your hangover worse. So here are some tips to help you the morning after the night before.

It is hoped the new defensive barrier will also protect 400 businesses for the next 100 years.

A controversial new scheme is capturing CO2 emissions from wood burning.

The National Museum of Scotland unveils the final three galleries of its £80m redevelopment.

The catastrophic collapse of a dam at a mine in Brazil has exposed a darker side of an industry that the world depends on.

The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa 2 will attempt to collect a sample of soil and rock from an asteroid on 22 February, the country's space agency says.

A study has identified trees and plants that are resilient to climate change and support orangutans.

The rover Europe sends to Mars in 2020 to look for life will carry the name of an unsung hero of DNA discovery.

Ten years ago, the nation had its worst-ever bushfire disaster - and it has left a profound legacy.

The world is in the middle of what is likely to be the warmest 10 years since records began in 1850 say scientists.

According to new fossils, the origin of the famous kangaroo gait goes back 20 million years.

Astronomers say they have the first evidence of a collision between two planets in a distant solar system.

A robot arm completes the set-up of a French-led seismometer system on the the Red Planet.

Drone flight captures spectacular views of countryside church wrapped in swirling fog.

The decline of coal sends UK emissions down, but critics warn there's much more to do.

The money from David Harding is the biggest single British donation to a UK university.

Rising temperatures pose a growing danger to the glaciers found in the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountains.

Scientists want to reach a section of Antarctic sea-floor exposed by the world's biggest iceberg.

The oceans will become more blue thanks to rising temperatures in coming decades, say scientists.

The spotted handfish is critically endangered and found only in a small area of Tasmania.

The full story of the Brumadinho dam disaster could take many months to emerge, the BBC's David Shukman says.

The UN wants to cut down on food waste amid rising concerns about obesity. Here's how one hotel is helping out.

The UN wants to halve the amount of food we waste. Here's how one hotel in Norway is helping out.

Developed by a team at MIT, the robot uses AI and may be used in industrial automation in the future.

French rugby is currently under a shadow cast by the deaths of four players in the past eight months

Schools are closed and the government's deploying drones to deal with the problem.

You could be unwittingly eating sharks that are on the brink of extinction, a study suggests.