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Lisa Kikuchi of SenSprout tells the BBC how she is developing soil moisture sensors to help Japan's farmers.

It's ziplines versus a Sunoco pipeline in one Pennsylvania family's backyard.

How can the UK can keep household bills down while also meeting environmental targets?

The whale heart at Royal Ontario Museum Canada is a rare find, as blue whale carcasses usually sink.

Weather-related deaths could surge by 2100 if nothing is done to curb climate change, scientists say.

This Turkish animal lover was so affected by injured animals, he set out to help them.

A Bristol Water engineer spotted an alligator roaming around the Chew Valley Lake site.

Plans to promote electric vehicles in the UK are not enough tackle air pollution says leading adviser.

Most washing machines come with 25kg of concrete - but researchers claim there's a simple alternative.

A new species of mega-herbivore dinosaur discovered in Alberta, Canada preserves incredible details of its skin, scales and spines.

Researchers have released the most accurate map ever produced of the dark matter in our Universe.

The National Trust weighs into the campaign to keep subsidies for Britain's farmers at the current level.

DNA is shedding light on the people who built Greece's earliest civilizations.

By 2100, millions of people could face a lethal threat from heat and humidity driven by global warming.

Researchers have discovered a new global threat to pollination - artificial light at night.

The technique could prevent deadly diseases being passed down the generations.

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.