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The BBC's Claire Marshall travels more than 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle to meet the Inupiat, who call the ocean their "garden".

Lancashire wildlife expert says infected insects go on "death march" like a "zombie horror film".

The risk of accidents from speeding outweighs the air pollution risk, ministers told.

"We didn’t understand all of the physics that were going to occur during these tests."

The shortlisted images in this year's Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year have now been selected.

All living flowers ultimately derive from a single ancestor that lived about 140 million years ago, a study suggests.

A number of people across Weymouth reported seeing the phenomenon earlier.

The local water board apologises for "causing alarm" with discharge from sewage tank maintenance.

Rangers in Malawi take on the mammoth task of moving hundreds of elephants into safer national parks.

How field crickets are being brought back from the brink of extinction by a unique conservation project.

DNA analyses of tardigrades has given scientists an insight into their incredible survival abilities.

The secretion is very strong, moves with the body and sticks to wet surfaces, scientists say.

A team of astronomers has potentially discovered the first known moon located beyond the Solar System.

Christmas has come early for Lapland zoo polar bears with snow in July.

The clean air strategy should include a scrappage scheme and clean air zones, campaigners say.

Ministers have also unveiled a £255m fund to help councils introduce steps to deal with pollution.

Complaints from the dairy industry are dismissed as vegan group's advert is given the green light.

People wade into the water to help save a dolphin which was stranded close to the shore

Researchers living near the active Hawaiian Volcano Mauna Loa are simulating what it's like to "live" on Mars.

Nasa's Jack Fischer gives his take on this aurora time-lapse from the International Space Station.

Each wind turbine is taller than Big Ben and the farm can power 20,000 homes.

Contentment comes from paying others to take on chores such as cleaning and cooking, a study says.

China might not have the lead in research but its application of secure networks is leading the way.

There's one question the BBC's science editor keeps being asked about life on the ice.

Glacial microbiologist Dr Joe Cook is in Greenland to examine the effect of algae on melting ice.

A new analysis suggests there's a greater chance of the heavy rain that led to extensive flooding in 2014.

The nine-year-old has no active HIV in the body after catching the infection at birth.

New rules will encourage UK consumers to generate and store their own power, ministers say.

We analysed how the body responds to stress - by making presenter Jordan Dunbar do a comedy performance.

The revolutionary technology allows wind power to be harvested in waters too deep for current turbines.

An underwater robot spotted the lava-like rocks inside a reactor of Japan's destroyed nuclear plant.

Male elephant seals recognise the rhythm of one another's voices, researchers say.

A 12ft-long python found on the Norfolk Broads has still not been found.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove plans to pay farmers for protecting the environment and creating rural jobs.

The bag was used by astronaut Neil Armstrong to collect the first ever samples of the Moon in 1969.

A 10-year-old boy's stumble unearthed a prehistoric skull, which he then got the chance to help excavate.

The number fledging from the UK in 2017 is more than the total number for the previous 30 years.

Male elephant seals recognise the rhythm of one another's voices, researchers say.

A US congressman asked scientists if the Red Planet could have been occupied "thousands of years ago".

Pangolins in the forests of Africa are at risk of being pushed to extinction like their Asian relatives.

Research shows Aboriginal people entered Australia up to 18,000 years earlier than thought.

Being friendly is in dogs' nature and could be key to how they were domesticated from wolves.

A UK zoo is taking part in a radical plan to save the world's last northern white rhinos from extinction.

Dogs were tamed from a single wolf population between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago, a study suggests.

The European Space Agency turns off one of its most successful ever missions - LISA Pathfinder.

The birds were collected under licence for translocation to a part of Spain where they have not bred for years.

New research suggests the dinosaur could go no faster than a very brisk walking pace.

Legislators vote to extend a programme that charges firms for releasing pollutants to the year 2030.

We're all used to ants sprouting wings and taking to the air during summer, but is there really such a thing as a "flying ant day"?

New radio telescopes far more powerful than any used before aim to shed light on extra terrestrial activity.