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Researchers are identifying genes in the hop plant to produce varieties that will be more resilient to climate change.

Farmers from across the UK drive tractors to Westminster to protest a lack of support for food producers.

Physicists believe a new experiment could prove their existence and answer fundamental questions about our Universe.

Renting in the countryside is outpacing London and other cities as house prices rise, a study finds.

How lucky is that? The US will witness its second total solar eclipse in seven years on 8 April.

How lucky is that? The US will witness its second total solar eclipse in seven years on 8 April.

But the parliamentary move has been condemned as counter-productive by several African countries.

London company SEN's ultra high-definition cameras intend to stream spectacular views of Earth.

London company SEN's ultra high-definition cameras intend to stream spectacular views of Earth.

London company SEN's ultra high-definition cameras intend to stream spectacular views of Earth.

A proposal to codify a new geological epoch based on humanity's influence on Earth is rebuffed.

The fossil's bug-eyed appearance reminded researchers of the famous Muppet.

An Australian researcher spotted the white furry bug by chance while camping within rainforest.

Chocolate prices rise in the run up to Easter after high temperatures curb cocoa crops in West Africa.

Noland Arbaugh, who is paralysed below the shoulders, received a chip implant in January.

Noland Arbaugh, who is paralysed below the shoulders, received a chip implant in January.

Travis John Branson killed about 3,600 protected birds to sell their parts online from 2015-21.

A monumental Polish beech has been crowned European Tree of the Year 2024.

Greenpeace could be thrown out of the UN body overseeing deep-sea mining for obstructing a research expedition.

The spending watchdog says the costs remain too high and public awareness of the technology remains low.

Powerful lava flows began late on Saturday - but authorities say they have since diminished significantly.

Could a daring experiment help our planet or is it a dangerous distraction?

The monster fruit is the size of a ping-pong ball and weighs 20.4g, about 10 times the average blueberry.

England's fastest-declining mammal is to be protected as part of a new habitats restoration fund.

The world's most powerful rocket makes a huge leap in progress in its third test flight.

The world's most powerful rocket makes a huge leap in progress in its third test flight.

The Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust says the scourge of gardeners are "nature's clean-up crew".

A study of whales sheds light on the evolutionary puzzle of the menopause.

A survey of giant redwoods growing in the UK reveals the trees are doing well - and growing fast.

Critics say a commitment to build new, gas-fired power stations would threaten climate pledges.

A warming climate and fast-spreading diseases threaten supplies and push up prices, a top banana industry expert warns.

The first avian influenza cases in the penguins of South Georgia are reported by scientists.

BBC News is shown the secret site protecting the remains of the Sycamore Gap tree felled last year.

Warmer seas and greater reliance on technology are linked to hundreds of millions of farmed salmon deaths.

The tree fossils dating back 390 million years were found near a Butlin's holiday camp in Somerset.

It's the ninth month of global temperature records in a row, driven by climate change and El Nino.

It's the ninth month of global temperature records in a row, driven by climate change and El Nino.

Ocean-going vessels with no-one on board - a vision of the future that's coming faster you think.

Scientists used the 'sausage in a box' test to find out that dogs can be a "hard-wired" for obesity.

Scientists say warming seas have allowed the species to return to the Atlantic, where it is locally extinct.

Science Secretary Michelle Donelan had claimed a university professor sympathised with Hamas.

Scientists believe the species hunted the oceans 66 million years ago with "teeth like knives".

A SpaceX capsule carrying three US astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut has arrived at the International Space Station.

A threat posed by a virus to the UK's sugar beet means a banned pesticide can now be used on seeds.

The three men and one woman will conduct scientific experiments, including a study of degenerative diseases.

Scientists collected radioactive sand grains in the dark to understand when they formed.

A killer whale is captured on camera hunting and "eviscerating" a great white shark in less than two minutes.

Met Office weather data also shows that this winter was less frosty than normal.

Weather data to be released on Friday will also likely show that this winter was less frosty than normal.

Scientists say sea slugs could be migrating north into cooler waters because of climate change.