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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.

European settlement of the Americas killed so many people, it disturbed Earth's climate.

The deep freeze gripping much of the US has been blamed on a polar vortex. Here's what that means.

A research cruise gets under way as part of the biggest ever US-UK joint venture in Antarctica.

SeaWorld says Kayla, aged 30, "inspired generations of guests and employees to care and learn".

Investors are calling on KFC, McDonald's and others to cut warming gases from their dairy and meat supply chains.

How much do you know about the iconic symbol of science pinned to every classroom wall?

Anna Bergstrom runs a shopping mall in Sweden where everything for sale is recycled. Her goal is to make sustainable shopping fashionable.

Thousands of lakes are set to lose their ice cover within a generation due to rising temperatures.

The UK's Ministry of Defence approaches an Oxford start-up to help design a sovereign satellite radar system.

Researchers have genetically modified chickens to lay eggs which contain drugs that fight cancer.

The coming days will see an attempt to locate the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance ship.

Pollution from farmers' fields that endangers fish is cut by a university-backed project.

Thousands skip school in Berlin and some other European cities to urge action on global warming.

Deep pits on the surface of the small, icy object Ultima Thule come into much sharper view.

Neanderthals produced weapons that could kill from 20m away, a new study claims.

Kalamsat-V2 weighs just 1.26kg (2.6lb) and was made by students belonging to a space education firm.

Sightings from fishing boats suggest the mysterious angel shark is present in Welsh waters.

The Met Office says that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere in 2019 will rise at near record pace.

We've had vegan burgers and sausage rolls - could animal-free clothing be our next obsession?

Evidence is increasingly forcing us to re-visit our assumptions about the Neanderthals.

Researchers say it is the first time a large-scale explosive volcanic event has been confirmed in Scotland.

The British Antarctic Survey puts instruments 2km under the surface of the Rutford Ice Stream.

Climate change re-draws map of the Arctic Ocean

The Barents Sea is shifting from an Arctic climate to an Atlantic climate, and is now said to be at tipping point as its waters heat up.

The Amazon boss puts up his New Shepard space vehicle from Texas for a series of Nasa experiments.

New science funding initiatives are accused of pandering to political imperatives.

Researchers involved in monitoring fracking in the UK say the limits on seismic activity are "too conservative".

The naturalist tells Prince William people must look after the natural world, or it will be wrecked.

Prince William interviews Sir David Attenborough at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Greenland went through an "unprecedented" period of ice loss in the last two decades.

The famous replica skeleton, usually displayed at London's Natural History Museum, goes on show in Glasgow.

A warming climate shifts the distribution of the krill species eaten by whales and other predators.

The shark's teeth resemble alien spaceships from the game, Galaga, according to US scientists.

Some stargazers struggled to see the rare lunar eclipse which makes the moon appear to glow red.

Investigators say He Jiankui sought "fame and fortune" with his claim to have edited baby genes.

The first and last blood moon of the year has peaked.

During the spectacular event, the Earth's natural satellite turns a striking shade of red.

The Black Arrow projectile had lain at its crash landing site in the outback for more than 48 years.