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UK engineers will design a robot in an audacious plan to bring home Mars rocks to study for signs of life.
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A toad named after the Lord of the Rings character, Gollum, joins the list of species at risk of extinction.
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Controversial survey suggests oil platforms can act like offshore reefs and encourage wildlife.
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The wild banana that might save the world's banana crop may itself go extinct, scientists have revealed.
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Europe's Sentinel satellite tasked with tracking dirty air maps the major emissions of sulphur dioxide.
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The loss of the endangered northern white rhino could be reversed by IVF, say scientists.
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A new method using existing communications cables could make earthquakes easier to detect.
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Scientists used radio tags to track Asian hornets, allowing their nests to be detected quickly.
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From fearsome predator to teddy bear: tracing the hidden history of brown bears in Britain.
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A cafe is trying to cut its plastic waste by using donated mugs and cups to serve takeaway hot drinks.
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A new exhibition reappraises the work of Harry Burton, who photographed the decade-long Tutankhamun excavation.
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BBC Reality Check looks at the government's promise of taking back control of UK fishing waters.
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Researchers have found that moons in distant solar systems may be the most plentiful habitats in the galaxy.
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Legal bid argues UK is discriminating against next generation by failing to cut CO2 emissions fast enough.
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The weather system was captured at Lake Superior, Michigan, in the US.
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The strain is different to that found in humans, but a genome study hopes to provide clues to fight the infection.
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Astronomers have directly imaged a recently formed planet in a distant solar system.
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French artist Marina Rees has formed a "whale choir" to launch her new exhibition
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Scientists fail to find a koala cuteness gene but DNA may lead to a vaccine for chlamydia in the iconic marsupial.
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More than 130 trout and salmon are saved after river levels plummet.
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Turning the 4,000 live-aboard yachts around the world into a research fleet.
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The last time a great white shark was spotted near Spain's Balearic Islands was in 1976.
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It's often said that butterflies are dying out in the UK, but do the statistics back this up?
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An experiment with a "vending machine for crows" is revealing insights into how intelligence evolves, scientists say.
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From biologically dead to a haven for wildlife. How the Thames Estuary has become a sanctuary for seals.
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The mammals have made a comeback and scientists are counting them to help guard them against threats.
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Watch how Emma the crow creates the currency required to operate a vending machine.
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Experts warn it may take years for the wildlife to fully return to the burnt area near Saddleworth Moor.
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Plants share resources using an underground network called the "Wood Wide Web".
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British scientists discover a way of taking human fingerprints off seized pangolin scales.
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Without action on climate change, the coming generation will pay much more to curb emissions, a UK report says.
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The bird, tagged as number 492, is seen near Lavaca Bay, Texas, after fleeing a Kansas zoo in 2005.
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'Oumuamua's shifting identity may reveal details about other solar systems.
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Researchers have found complex molecules in the ocean of Enceladus, only previously known on Earth and in meteorites.
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The space telescope that will take over from the Hubble observatory suffers a further delay.
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The volcano on Isabela Island is spewing lava from fissures which opened after two strong earthquakes.
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A Japanese spacecraft has arrived at a diamond-shaped asteroid on a key fact-finding mission.
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A university campus has cut the use of disposable cups with a simple change.
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A new study says that alternatives to palm oil could make matters worse for endangered species.
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The strange weather phenomenon was spotted in Powys, as temperatures soared across Wales.
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Sailor Emily Penn sets out to gather scientific data on the world's largest accumulation of marine plastic.
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The Commons votes in favour of controversial plans for a third runway by 415 votes to 119.
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The moment the biggest satellite ever released from the space station was set free.
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A state-of-the-art telescope is named after Annie Maunder, a Victorian pioneer of space photography.
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Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes as firefighters battle the blazes.
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The Royal Observatory Greenwich is to start serious study of the sky again with a facility named after astronomer Annie Maunder.
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A beautifully preserved fossil bird from 52 million years ago is shaking up the family tree of the birds.
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Flesh-footed shearwater chicks are starving to death because of plastic, a BBC documentary reveals.
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On a remote island in the Tasman Sea scientists are battling to save flesh-footed Shearwater chicks.
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Europe's Sentinel-5P satellite tracks formaldehyde emissions in the air over the Indian sub-continent.
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