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Tourists are flocking to see the giant water lilies, which locals had thought were extinct.

Norishige Kanai says he is worried he will not be able fit in his Soyuz seat for the return to Earth.

Several years in the making, it sets out how seas should be used and protected in the next 20 years.

BBC to review policy of allowing ivory items on the show amid criticism from a wildlife campaigner.

Scientists show how the floating fronts of Antarctic glaciers respond to events in the tropical Pacific.

Fires, hurricanes and other weather and climate disasters last year cost the US around $306bn in losses.

The frequency a dog raises it's 'inner eyebrow' influences how quickly it finds a new home

'Ribbon of woodland' will be planted, but critics say other projects are destroying ancient forests.

US astronaut John Young, who flew to the moon twice and commanded the first ever space shuttle mission, has died aged 87, Nasa said.

He was the only person to have flown missions on the Gemini, Apollo and space shuttle programmes.

They're not dead, just chilling in cool temperatures in the US.

The UK throws away 2.5 billion non-recyclable coffee cups every year, MPs say.

The beams will be shone on a hillside to see if they scare the birds away from sheep flocks.

On 5 January 1993 an oil tanker ran aground off Shetland spilling 85,000 tonnes of crude oil.

After 10 years, a team at Cardiff University helps identify a process to speed up drug development.

Repeat bouts of warmer seawater are posing a significant challenge to the world's tropical corals.

Farmers are to receive payments for "public goods", such as planting meadows, instead of subsidies.

The 11,500-year-old bones of a child unearthed in Alaska shed light on the peopling of the Americas.

Scientists have unveiled the first bionic hand with a sense of touch that can be worn outside the laboratory.

Over a billion tonnes of plastic each year is taking its toll on the Ganges.

Fewer fires globally may help explain the recent change in atmospheric methane, a study says.

Fed up with motorway driving? Now you can switch to virtual reality thanks to a new driverless car from Renault.

More hurricanes? Rising temperatures? BBC meteorologist Tomasz Schafernaker looks ahead to the year.

A glimpse into the life the Inupiat, an indigenous community in Alaska.

The systems will save billions of pounds by enabling the diseases to be picked up much earlier.

The BBC's Dan Johnson visited a plant in Southwark to see how they're dealing with recycling build-up.

In 2012 a form of gene editing was discovered, it is called CRISPR Cas9. It uses "molecular scissors" to alter a very specific strand of DNA.

Young freshwater pearl mussels are being grown at a fishery in Powys

People across Britain reported seeing a large greenish light streak across the sky on Sunday evening.

UK does not have capacity to deal with extra plastic waste after a Chinese import ban, says industry group.

The BBC's global science correspondent, Rebecca Morelle, reveals what to watch out for in the new year.

BBC News looks ahead to some of the biggest science and environment stories coming up in 2018.

A look back at the best science stories of 2017.

Researchers in London have developed scanning techniques that show what is written on the papyrus that mummy cases are made from.

The second part of our selection of the best science and environment reads this year.

Helen Sharman, the first Briton in space, has been recognised in the New Year's honours.

A selection of the best science and environment reads this year.

Was the remarkable 2017 hurricane season the worst ever? And did climate change play any part?

The first Briton in space and a leading member of the Cassini mission are among those on new year list.

A pest that can infect hundreds of plants from lavender to olive trees is of growing concern in the UK.

A multi-million pound weather satellite is lost after being programmed to take off from the wrong base.

Renewables provided more electricity than coal for 90% of year, National Grid figures show.

The Prince of Wales says we need to deal with the symptoms of climate change.

Australian police found a crocodile strolling the streets of a Melbourne suburb on Christmas Day.

Footage captures the Christmas Day scene over Lake Superior, US.

World land-speed record-holder Andy Green reflects on the past 12 months' achievements in developing the Bloodhound supersonic car.

BBC News looks back on eight of the biggest science and environment stories of 2017.

Free-ranging reindeer are spending time touring the UK to help children learn about them.

In February 1984, Bruce McCandless pushed off from the Space Shuttle and drifted alone into space.

The first person to fly untethered in space, Nasa astronaut Bruce McCandless, has died.