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There is no guarantee that the products you recycle are actually recycled, the UK watchdog warns.

This was the scene on a beach in the Dominican Republic after a storm.

How the giant Lovell radio telescope at Jodrell Bank is transformed into a 3,200 tonne art installation.

The Trump administration wants to weaken the landmark protection law. What species are under threat?

Migrating geese race to warmer Arctic but are too worn out to lay their eggs early when they get there.

Genetic material proves that the animal killed off the coast of Iceland was not a blue whale but a rare hybrid.

What should we call a six-wheeled robot going to the Red Planet to look for signs of life?

A growing taste for al fresco dining is driving record charcoal sales in the UK but is it also fuelling global deforestation and climate change?

Conservationists are crying foul over a high-speed railway being built through Nairobi National Park.

It sounds like the perfect solution, but critics say it failed their test.

The fossil of a prehistoric snake that lived alongside the dinosaurs has been found entombed in amber.

The Atlantic system that warms the UK is slowing down but this may cause even more heating.

Engineers at Cammell Laird shipyard add the top six decks to the hull of the UK's new polar ship.

PM commits to laws that will ensure environmental protection improves - but not everyone is convinced.

Video of a seabed filmed by a BBC journalist has helped the area get special protection.

The impact of European settlers on the country is preserved in a detailed soil record, researchers have found.

Ancient Britons were eating dairy, peas, cabbage and oats, according to gunk trapped in their teeth.

More and more young people are living without the car. Will the government change its road-building plans?

Research suggests new kinds of shark could migrate to UK waters as the oceans warm.

While the bird is dying out in parts of Europe, the population on one Welsh island is thriving.

The UK is set to get its first space port in Sutherland, Scotland. But it already has a long history in space.

Charred crumbs found in the Jordanian desert show that bread-making dates back 14,000 years.

The lightweight Zephyr aircraft could be used in communications and remote sensing.

The UK Space Agency backs Scotland's north coast as the place to launch satellites to orbit.

It's hoped a breeding programme will help maintain numbers of the vulnerable species.

From Darwin's potato to the man who saved the daffodil. Pictures tell the story of the nation's plants.

Sir David Attenborough has launched the hull of the UK's newest polar ship, which is named after him.

The hull of the ship, which the public wanted to call Boaty McBoatface, is launched into the Mersey.

Snorting in horses is linked to a 'positive internal state', say scientists, and could improve animal welfare.

There's even space for a coffee shop, sauna and gym on the £200m vessel.

Scientists declassify films showing atmospheric nuclear tests conducted during the Cold War.

Catherine Friend and Valerie Bisbal are the first people to circumnavigate Mallorca on paddleboards.

MPs demand legislation to ensure the government delivers on post-Brexit air pollution promises

Mountain goat, red deer, cereal grains and a toxic fern: What our ancestors ate 5,000 years ago.

Researchers believe a galactic "monster" is a source of cosmic neutrinos detected on Earth.

Dolphin spotters on a boat trip were surrounded by thousands of jellyfish near New Quay harbour.

Rivers overall are getting cleaner, but water firms still need to do better, the Environment Agency says.

Threatened reefs can be protected by eradicating destructive rats on tropical islands, scientists say.

Young drivers increasingly want to buy electric cars - but myths are still deterring older drivers, survey shows.

Can we use roads to generate power, make toilet paper and help increase the bee population?

Scientists say they've probably found the earliest evidence of a human presence outside Africa.

Watch the 10,000-tonne hull of Britain's new polar ship being moved into position for launch.

Travelling in time might sound like fantasy, but some physicists think it might really be possible.

Weeks of dry weather cause water levels at Spelga Dam to drop, exposing a hidden history.

Old whale bones suggest the origins of whale hunting may go back to the days of the Roman Empire.

Victoria Gill joins scientists trying to find out how wildfires affect the air we breathe.

It will be the first privately-funded unmanned spacecraft to land on the lunar surface.

The UK's new £200m polar research ship is on the slipway ready to go in the River Mersey.