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A climate scientist has captured the reality of sea ice loss in Greenland in a viral picture.

Scientists found the new species during a survey of a marine protected area off Scotland.

The intrepid submarine has made its first significant discovery, say UK scientists.

Concerns have been raised over the suitability of a site in Sutherland aiming to become the UK's first major spaceport.

A report by MPs urges the UK government to end the era of throwaway clothes and poor working conditions in the fashion supply chain.

Edinburgh University leads an international research programme to assess the health of the Atlantic.

Scientists have found a muscle that allows dogs to make 'puppy eyes' and bond with humans.

Heathrow's luggage system handles 180,000 items per day. Tom Burridge takes a look inside.

It aims to protect drivers from accident hazards and reverse a decline in small wildlife numbers.

Two former vets from Essex and their children are showing others how it is possible to live self-sufficiently.

Marine biologist Ilena Zanella vowed to save the shark after diving with them off Costa Rica.

The Earth's biodiversity is decreasing at a faster rate than ever before. Why is this happening?

The annual remaking of the last remaining Inca rope bridge at Q'eswachaka in Peru.

UK sensors placed under the Greenland Ice Sheet will monitor how its glaciers slide towards the ocean.

A group of divers are taking beach clean ups to the next level by diving for litter under water.

Scientists destroy final UK laboratory samples of rinderpest, a highly contagious cattle disease.

Oil company bosses have been rapped by the Pope for seeking more of the fossil fuels that are damaging the climate.

Actress Bonnie Wright, who played Ginny Weasley, meets children who are upcycling their toys.

Police said nine people in total had been arrested in connection with the demonstration in the Cromarty Firth.

Used for building homes on lochs, the artificial islands were previously thought to date from the Iron Age.

Researchers uncover the earliest known evidence of cannabis use, from tombs in western China.

The British Antarctic Survey produces an exquisite new printed sheet map of Greenland and the European Arctic.

A remarkable story of how a snail was rescued from the edge of extinction and returned to the wild.

Hidden Figures Way is named after the African-American women featured in the Oscar-nominated film.

Ten years into a unique scientific project monitoring the famous forest, what have researchers learned?

The UK has promised a stricter emissions target by 2050, but some say it should be sooner.

Chicks hatching for the second year on an estate is good news for the endangered species, the RSPB says.

The UK will set a new legally binding target to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

The survival of a calf which had a "lethal" virus will help the global fight against it, a zoo says.

The Asian elephant was born at Pairi Daiza zoo in Belgium.

The crops developed by Norman Borlaug have saved millions of people from starvation.

America's heartland has faced months of record-breaking floods. Why is it so bad now and what's the impact?

The new cars being tried out in Porto Santo can sell solar power electricity back to the island grid.

Land Speed Record holder Andy Green explains why the design of a superfast car can't just be done in a computer.

Almost 600 plant species have been lost from the wild in the last 250 years, according to a study.

A forest that lies at the heart of India's bustling city is under threat, locals say.

BBC One presenter Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall investigates what we can all do to reduce our use of plastic.

One of the fertility treatment's pioneers believed Jean Purdy made an equal contribution, letters reveal.

The French were probably sipping wines we drink today 900 years ago, according to DNA from old grapes.

A school in Nigeria is accepting empty plastic bottles in exchange for payment of school fees.

Evidence points to a 1.2-billion-year-old impact structure lying hidden off Scotland's north-west coast.

South Korea's dogs have to go for walkies in some of the worst air in the developed world.

Engineers in Canada have devised a machine they say can clean small pieces of plastic from Hawaii's "Trash Beach".

Snow may have caused travel issues in Australia, but these Tasmanian Devils have had fun.

A proposed European Union satellite mission could have major benefits for agriculture.

The US space agency says it will allow tourists to visit the station from 2020.

Antarctic glaciers are named after the spacecraft that revolutionised our understanding of the continent.

Special protections are planned for minke whales and basking sharks in their feeding grounds around Scotland.

Animals have long been used for military purposes, but could marine creatures also act as sensors?