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The giant build-up of plastic bottles, cutlery and polystyrene plates was captured by underwater photographer Caroline Power.

At a depth of 750 metres, a Blue Planet II submarine was shoved by enormous sharks.

Scientists say that 2017 shows a continuing trend of high temperatures and extreme weather events.

The European Space Agency has part-funded the pilot project involving five ambulances in the Highlands.

The latest round of UN led climate talks have opened in Bonn with delegates from almost 200 countries in attendance.

More than half of people in the UK can't name a famous woman in science - this week, BBC 100 Women aims to change that number.

More than 80 had been stuck and were moved to other Highland areas with no red squirrels.

A spokesman says climate is "always changing" after a report ties global warming to human activity.

The Norwegian island of Kvaløya is now one of the few places in Europe to see a pod of killer whales.

Scientists have just identified a new great ape species - and it's already in danger.

Highly-specialised staff are needed to take over from European nuclear regulators after Brexit.

The apes in question were only reported to exist after an expedition into Sumatra mountains in 1997.

Scanning technology suggests there is a large, previously unknown cavity in the ancient monument.

Wildlife officials rushed to help when the elephant was found trapped.

The UK cities with atmospheres considered harmful to health by the WHO are revealed in a new report.

Scientists are now clearer on the freezing climate conditions that forced dinosaurs from the Earth.

Herring and haddock could also disappear by the turn of the century due to global warming, warn scientists.

The UK's Halley station will be mothballed again this year because of uncertainty over ice cracks.

Carbon cuts planned under the Paris accord still fall well short of what's needed, says the UN.

What do the farmers out in the field, in the dairy, and in the milking parlour think about Brexit?

CO2 in Earth's atmosphere jumped to a record in 2016, says the World Meteorological Organization.

Sir David Attenborough is returning to our screens and people are very excited about it.

The Convention of Migratory Species includes chimpanzees, leopards and vultures on its list.

Scores of the sea creatures are witnessed crawling out of the water at a beach in Ceredigion.

Animals have got stuck in mud after searching for relief from Brazil's prolonged drought.

World-renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking thrilled fans with a talk on black holes.

Cambridge University say the online repository has "never seen numbers like this before".

Researchers developed an algorithm that imitates how the human brain responds to these visual clues.

President Putin took part in the military exercise, the Kremlin said.

Some of the 500 species of spiders that live in Wales are found almost nowhere else in the world.

A dinosaur from China had a "bandit mask" pattern in the feather on its faces, fossil analysis has shown.

The 'world's fastest car' goes through its first public tests ahead of a land speed record attempt.

The British-led Bloodhound vehicle carries out some slow-speed trials in Newquay, Cornwall.

The person is likely to have died in Papua New Guinea about 6,000 years ago, scientists say.

Neil MacGregor explains how an extraordinary journey was made possible by the largest silver objects ever produced.

The fossil, which is 152 million years old, is the first ichthyosaur found in India.

Hundreds of thousands of fish are being taken out of one of the Midlands' largest reservoirs.

The studies could lead to new treatments for inherited diseases.

Leprosy found in red squirrels is also found in pre-Norman bones in Suffolk and Scandinavia.

Aberystwyth University scientists work to make manmade sea defences a better home for Nature.

An exec producer of Blue Planet II reveals why not all of the series was filmed in the wild.

An interview with Lord Lawson should have been challenged, the corporation's complaints unit says.

We need to be more concerned than ever about how society uses scientific discoveries, says Venki Ramakrishnan.

In parts of southern Africa drones are being used to protect elephants and rhinos from poachers

US astronaut Paul Weitz, who helped save a Nasa space station after it was damaged during launch, has died aged 85.

Marine archaeologists say the object - discovered off the coast of Oman - is an astrolabe.

The story behind a small ivory sculpture that was carved 40,000 years ago.

Nicaragua signs the Paris agreement, leaving only two countries not supporting it.

Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis, written as a 24-year-old, was made available to the public on Monday.

The great naturalist tells our science editor David Shukman why he'll never tire of his work.