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Wilpena was one of five koalas to arrive from Australia as part of a conservation programme.

About 200 trees were DNA-tested to find and preserve unrecorded varieties unique to Wales.

EU and US states are to introduce laws helping people to mend appliances that break down.

With sales of vegan foods on the rise, check the environmental impact of plant-based milks.

Following three years of decline, US carbon emissions spiked in 2018, according to new research.

Take a look at the 210ft (64m) mass of congealed fat and rubbish clogging up Sidmouth's sewers.

Female Magellanic penguins are more likely to become stranded in South America because they travel further.

Face-to-face with the marine reptile that swam the ancient seas 200 million years ago.

Speakers at a major conference have been criticised for making irrational claims based on Hindu mythology.

"We haven't seen many this winter so it's no wonder these have caught people's attention."

The sperm whale was reported to be tangled up in rope when it was first spotted earlier this week.

A Chinese robotic rover is getting its wheels dirty after rolling off its landing craft and onto the lunar surface.

The Travel Show's Christa Larwood takes two wolves for a stroll and learns how to howl with them.

Researchers at Edinburgh Zoo have found woolly mammoth DNA inside ivory trinkets from the illegal trade.

What China's Chang'e-4 mission could tell us about the far side of the Moon.

Scientists overcome a natural restriction in plants that could boost yields from important food crops.

China has successfully landed on the far side of the moon, but that is not the limit of its ambitions.

The robotic space mission is the first landing on the side of the Moon that never faces Earth.

Energy efficiency is more important in the battle against climate change than wind and solar power, research shows

New images of Anak Krakatau, which erupted last month and caused a deadly tsunami, are revealed.

The first detailed picture from Tuesday's historic flyby in the outer Solar System is released.

Increased sightings of bluefin tuna off the UK are linked to the warming effect of a long term ocean current.

The New Horizons spacecraft confirms its "healthy" status after a historic encounter with an icy world.

The New Horizons spacecraft is expected to confirm its successful pass of a far-flung world.

A year ago China imposed a ban on waste imports, so what's happened to the UK's plastic?

Organisers had planned to release 130,000 balloons at a Manila nightclub to ring in the new year.

Dr Nancy Grace Roman, the first woman to hold a senior leadership position at Nasa, has died at 93.

Aryans are not the earliest or only source of Indian civilisation, suggests new research on genetic ancestry.

A British Army officer has become the second person ever to trek unaided across Antarctica.

A puppy was saved from a frozen lake by a police diver in Turkey.

Satellite images indicate Anak Krakatau lost over two-thirds of its height and volume when it erupted.

Authorities in Ecuador say animals suffered elevated heart rates and anxiety after pyrotechnic shows.

A species of duck thought to have been wiped out a decade ago is re-released at a lake in Madagascar.

Conservationists hope to save a species of duck called the Madagascar pochard from extinction.

There are only 67 Javan rhinos left in the world and they all live in sight of Anak Krakatau volcano.

From the search for life in the Universe to fighting fires in Antarctica, here's a festive selection of the best science long reads from 2018.

Recycling your Christmas tree could help provide the materials needed to make food sweeteners and paint, as well as help cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Ten weather events linked to climate change caused damage over $1bn in 2018, according to a study.

The government wants to double the charge and extend it to all shops in England, to cut plastic use.

A selection of the best science and environment published this year.

One conservation group warns that the move shows "a troubling disregard for international rule".

The year 2018 provided plenty to chew on if you're interested in science and the environment.

A small, invasive wasp is threatening the cultivation of chestnuts in Spain.

The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral on Sunday after four previous launches were cancelled.

One of the first astronauts to orbit the Moon thinks there's no public support to send people to Mars.

Alba, the world's only known albino orangutan, has been through many months of rehabilitation.

Hamish the polar bear celebrates his first birthday in his Highland home.

Workshops have been held in Whitley Bay to help reduce the use of plastic over Christmas.

Artist Lucy Smith draws plants so that they can be recorded for science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Earth is not the only planet with icy scenes this festive season, the European Space Agency says.