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The future of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino has been struck a blow, with the death of Malaysia's last male.

Steve Biro snapped the picture of 'Bruce' the bald eagle at a raptor conservation centre in Canada.

Overcrowding is blamed for an increase in deaths on the world's highest peak, but other factors are at play.

Millions of people in Great Britain live more than a 10-minute walk away from their nearest park or green space, a study calculates.

Scientists want thousands of volunteers to help record sightings of "spittle" and spittlebugs across the UK.

BBC's Megha Mohan finds out why voice assistant technologies often have female voices.

Young people all over the world are walking out of school in protest of climate change - and Belfast is no different.

Seven have died climbing the world's highest peak in a week - more than for the whole of last year.

From Australia to Europe, school children are skipping classes to call for action on climate change.

A Falcon-9 rocket launches from Florida, packed with 60 satellites capable of giving users on the ground high-speed connections to the internet.

The California firm launches the first spacecraft in its multi-billion-dollar broadband project.

You sent us thousands of questions about climate change. Here are some answers to the most common.

UK astronomer Arthur Eddington proved the German-born physicist's theory of relativity in May 1919.

The British Museum, which will store the shield, described it as a "absolutely phenomenal object".

Scientists' letter urges wealthy to help fight “ecological catastrophe”.

Atmospheric observations pinpoint eastern China as the source of a rise in ozone-destroying chemicals.

A guide to the shops, restaurants and businesses that are moving to ban plastic straws.

In a bid to limit ocean pollution, the government will introduce new controls on plastic next year.

People with lung conditions describe the impact air pollution has on their health.

Under the new law, people can choose to have their body turned into soil after their death.

Researchers say it shows driverless cars working together could improve traffic flow by at least 35%.

Colombian farmers are piloting a way of raising cows that's better for the environment.

Researchers say sea levels may rise by 2m by the end of this century, double current predictions.

Marine biologist and diver David Ainsley is concerned about the effect fish farms have on marine life.

Those inside the containers have enough food and water to last them for a week, it is claimed.

Wasps are seen as 'bothersome and pointless' and not given the attention they deserve - researchers.

The idea that you cannot kill any animal is "fatally flawed" as a conservation concept, scientists argue.

The blood-sucking parasites have been around for at least 115 million years, according to a recent study.

Europe prepares to send technology to Mars to look for evidence that there is life on the planet.

France released two brown bears in the Pyrenees - but one has now killed eight sheep in Spain.

A mining dam could collapse as early as next week, months after a similar disaster killed 230 people.

A single mother almost missed out on a coveted Nasa internship until strangers stepped in to help.

India's political parties promise free electricity to farmers and ambitious infrastructure projects.

A London food chain is now including insects on its menu but can eating insects help save the planet?

The much-maligned bedbug has been around for 115 million years - since dinosaurs ruled the Earth.

UK scientists have created an artificial version of the stomach bug E. coli that is based on an entirely synthetic form of DNA.

Up to a million shoes are among the tide of plastic debris washed up on an Australian island say scientists.

Almost a quarter of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is now unstable, according to a new study.

The document stumped Alan Turing and the FBI before being "deciphered" by a research assistant.

The bites are a "hidden" health crisis causing a death every four minutes, says World Health Organization

Bafta called for more environment plot lines on TV, here's a look at how television can raise awareness.

The Chinese Chang'e-4 rover may have confirmed a longstanding idea about the origin of a vast crater on the Moon's far side.

Research has shown that beneath every forest and wood there is a complex underground web of roots and fungi, connecting trees and plants to one another.

A disease posing a "very serious threat" to the EU's olive industry still poses a real threat to southern European producers, say experts.

New research by Bafta found references to "climate change" lag far behind "beer" or "sex" in UK TV shows.

How is this man growing vegetables in the most northerly major human settlement on Earth.

The boss of Skanska tells 5 Live that companies only calculate carbon emissions.

Jakobshavn Isbrae - the likely originator of the Titanic iceberg - goes into an unexpected quiet mode.