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Overgrown mice are killing millions of chicks on the remote Gough Island in the South Atlantic.
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Newly digitised pictures shine light on the first British reconnaissance trip to Everest, in 1921.
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A deep-sea swimming sea cucumber has been filmed in the Southern Ocean off East Antarctica for the first time.
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It was feared that Luzia, a 12,000-year-old fossil, had been totally lost in the Brazil fire.
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The Poralia rufescens is swimming off the coast of southern California in the Pacific Ocean.
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Europe and Japan celebrate the successful launch of a quest to visit the closest planet to the Sun.
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The sci-fi plan would use giant mirrors in space to light city streets, but scientists are sceptical.
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The bones, discovered on the site of an ancient river, are thought to be at least 130,000 years old.
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The Environment Agency is probing claims exporters are abusing the recycled plastics market.
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BepiColombo mission could shed light on space weather and history of our planet
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A 150-million-year-old, sharp-toothed fossil is believed to be the world's oldest piranha-like specimen.
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Twin brothers have been showing off the biggest pumpkin ever to have been grown indoors in the UK.
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Oregon zoo posted images taken during routine health checks.
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The solar-powered cooker that uses an alternative to charcoal.
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Ian Kiernan's iconic anti-litter campaign, begun in Australia in the 1980s, became a global success.
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A study of ancient dog DNA shows man's best friend has been at our side for at least 9,000 years.
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Two snub-nosed monkeys sitting on a stone is the top shot at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018.
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President Donald Trump goes on the attack after the Cherokee nation dismisses Elizabeth Warren's claim.
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The manufacturer says the bags once disposed have a six-month lifespan.
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Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24 August, 79 AD - or at least, that's what historians thought until now.
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Meet the baby reptile that is shedding new light on the giants that lived at the time of T. rex.
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The physical effects of being in space offer a unique insight into how our bodies work on Earth.
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Ships are the lifeblood of global trade, but their fuel is highly polluting. What's the answer?
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There's a looming crisis over the world's appetite for meat. This chicken nugget may be the answer.
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Can chicken nuggets grown in a lab actually taste like... well... chicken? The BBC's James Cook put JUST's chicken to the test.
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The project to race a car at more than 1,000mph runs into a financial roadblock, with the company behind the venture going into administration.
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It is first time fracking has occurred in the UK since it was linked to earthquakes in 2011.
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Rangers in Maryland help "Buckethead", three days after it is spotted with a plastic jar on its head.
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The US president says he accepts the climate is changing but does not want to "lose millions of jobs".
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The UK-led supersonic car project goes into administration. There are just weeks to save the venture.
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A love for fermented fruit means the kereru can get tipsy at times, falling out of trees.
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Ministers are responding to scientists' climate challenge. But are they doing enough so far?
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Climate scientists say we must eat less meat but the UK government will not sell that message.
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Who was Miss Harrisson? We now know the story of the gardening pioneer denied a scholarship in 1898.
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Puffin populations are struggling, but some young volunteers are coming to their rescue.
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Fracking for shale gas can go ahead for first time in the UK since it was linked to earthquakes in 2011.
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Descendants of the 15th Century residents are now fighting to have it recognised as their homeland.
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When he was searched by police, Daniel Lingham said: "I've been a silly man, haven't I?"
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Five southern koalas have been flown from Australia to the UK to create a back-up population.
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Scientists say that more than 100 thousand varieties of rice have been safeguarded for the future.
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Cars, planes, heating, fracking and food will come under scrutiny as the UK bids to keep climate change to 1.5C.
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Stephen Hawking's final scientific paper has been released, and deals with one of the central topics in the physicist's 56-year-long career.
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Scientists break the rules of reproduction, so what does it mean for the future of sex?
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US astronaut Nick Hague and Russian Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin landed safely, say space officials.
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A capsule carrying two crew members on a Russian Soyuz rocket that malfunctioned has landed safely.
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A BBC investigation exposing the scale of chimpanzee trafficking last year has helped police in Nepal uncover a smuggling operation.
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The frightening impact of global warming is seen in drawings by schoolchildren in Vietnam's Mekong Delta.
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Eating more plant-based foods, ending waste and improving farming are vital for the future, say scientists
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Police in Kathmandu rescue two trafficked chimps after the BBC revealed the smugglers' methods.
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The German space agency releases a spectacular 3D map of the Earth's land surfaces.
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