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Consumers don't have to pay an additional price for getting their food in environment friendly packaging.

The body-hackers who believe chips under the skin could replace keys and wallets in future.

Police in Honduras arrest the suspected mastermind in the murder of Berta Caceres.

Two genetic studies shed light on the epic journeys that led to the settlement of the vast Pacific region by humans.

Storm Emma combined with snow has been causing havoc across the UK.

Over 1.5m penguins, the largest population on the Antarctic Peninsula, has been found on the Danger Islands.

The UK-led expedition to the waters around the world's biggest iceberg is forced to turn around.

Scientists stumble across a huge group of previously unknown Adélie penguins on the Antarctic Peninsula.

The Environment Secretary attacks water industry bosses' salaries and lack of investment.

The birds were captured at about 14:30 GMT on Wednesday at Flitcham, near King's Lynn.

At current rates of progress no African country will meet the UN goal set for 2030, a study reveals.

Researchers discover the oldest figurative tattoos in the world on two mummies from Egypt.

In the Cairngorms National Park Jo Whalley learns what to do if you become lost in a blizzard.

In the UK, there is evidence to suggest that snowfall has decreased over the past few decades. Worldwide, it's a more complicated picture.

Scientists observe a signature on the sky from the very first stars to shine in the Universe.

Most uses of insecticides known as neonicotinoids represent a risk to wild bees and honeybees, say European experts.

In the last five years, there has been an average of 32,000 excess winter deaths in the UK.

The scientist who won the Nobel Prize for his work with graphene worries about research funding.

Bee viruses have been found in hoverflies for the first time, raising new concerns about disease threats.

Blind people who use sound to navigate their environment adjust their clicks very similarly to bats, research reveals.

The pups were separated from their mother during storms at the end of last year.

Vodafone and Nokia lay out plans to put a 4G mobile network on the Moon in 2019.

Scientists investigate the microbes that survive in the South American desert on very little water.

Farmers will receive money for "public goods", such as investment in sustainable food production.

Climate change could drive most of the birds' global population from their current nesting islands.

The frozen vault storing the world's precious seeds is about to reach the one million mark for donations.

Vets and medical staff teaming up to reduce antibiotic use on farms.

US scientists develop sensors to allow doctors to follow their patients' progress away from the clinic.

The environment secretary suggests outlawing plastic straws could be easier after Brexit.

Rare chimps, leopards and pangolins have been caught on camera in the forests of Nigeria's largest national park.

Contrary to the traditional view of them as brutes, it turns out that Neanderthals enjoyed making art.

Satellite images obtained by the BBC show that fishing continued for days after a massive oil spill

A single mutation in an immunity gene may explain why bats can carry deadly viruses and not get sick.

The US rocket company puts up two satellites to test technologies for a broadband mega-constellation.

A novel deal with donors including Leonardo DiCaprio turned public debt into conservation funding.

Britain's Stone Age population was almost completely replaced some 4,500 years ago, a study shows.

Campaigners win a third High Court victory over the UK government's plans to tackle air pollution.

Scientists scan Tasmanian tiger specimens to better understand the marsupial's development in the pouch.

Belle needed treatment for an injured leg and is Cotswold Wildlife Park's first hand-reared white rhino calf.

Since China refused last month to accept any more foreign waste for recycling, the UK is facing a challenge disposing of its plastic waste.

The bands of leather are "probably the only known surviving examples" of their kind.

Plants appeared on land 100 million years earlier than previously thought, according to new research.

The government wants the number to rise from 360 to 500 by 2023 but farmers are unhappy.

New research shows how vampire bats evolved to survive on a diet of blood alone.

An innovative scanning system is making it easier to find the hidden stories behind artworks.

Excessive nitrogen from sewage and livestock waste is damaging the health of marine flowering plants.

More than 100,000 of the animals have been killed since 1999.