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The world's spiders consume between 400 million and 800 million tonnes of primarily insect prey every year, say scientists.

The origins of plants may go back hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought, according to fossil evidence.

The ship damaged a large area of one of Indonesia's best coral reefs, in an area dependent on tourism.

B vitamins may offer some protection against particulate pollution, a small human trial suggests.

A giant green sea turtle has been released off the Florida Keys after convalescing from an injury.

Hector Ruiz has made it his mission to convert cars in Mexico City to run on electricity.

A video captures the moment plankton ingest a plastic microfibre.

Scientists say there hasn't been enough time for the corals to recover from damage in 2016.

A trial suggests that an Ebola vaccine could protect gorillas and chimps from the deadly disease.

Russian architect Alexei Umarov thinks his HyperFilter building could be a pollution solution.

Could smelly maps linked to the odours of a city play a role in fighting dirty air? Our environment correspondent Matt McGrath follows his nose.

Security could increasingly rely on smart machines that spot cyber threats rather than on humans.

The mid-air hunting strategy of a tiny fly the size of a grain of rice has been revealed by an international team of scientists.

We revisit Nemley Junior who was freed from wildlife traffickers in Ivory Coast after a BBC News investigation.

A tiny robber fly the size of a grain of rice has an advanced hunting strategy, researchers discover.

The scheme hoping to help parents steer their little ones away from exhaust fumes.

The oldest crocodilian eggs known to science have been discovered in the cliffs of western Portugal.

Research from the University of California has found that watching nature programmes, such as Planet Earth II, is good for you.

Scientists use hair to locate where distinct groups lived in Australia up to 50,000 years ago.

Scottish physicist Ronald Drever, one of the architects behind the discovery of gravitational waves, has died at the age of 85.

Neanderthals dosed themselves with painkillers and possibly penicillin, according to a study of their teeth.

You can super size your memory to make it more like the brain of a world memory champion, a scientific study suggests.

The chancellor promises £270m to put the UK at the forefront of ground-breaking technologies.

The popular limestone arch was featured on the first episode of Game of Thrones and several films.

The Brown tree snakes that have almost wiped out bird populations on Guam may also be damaging its tropical forests.

How Stockholm is getting smarter by going greener.

The Sentinel-2B spacecraft will take pictures to help create a complete map of Earth.

A key spacecraft in Europe's new multi-billion-euro Earth observation programme blasts into orbit.

Simple tips to avoid inhaling air from traffic and other common sources of pollution.

There are fewer than 30 such animals left in Africa after Satao II was apparently shot.

The Star Trek actor takes you on a fact-fuelled cosmic journey to the mysterious Red Planet.

Three UK-based scientists who have studied the brain’s reward centre win a prestigious prize worth 1m euros.

A collapse in the use of coal has driven UK carbon emissions down to levels barely seen since the Victorian era, new figures show.

IBM wants to open out quantum computing to the business community and increase usage for programmers.

The surgeon carried out the first successful liver transplant in 1967 and helped normalise the surgery.

14-year-old Logan is helping monitor his city's air - and the results may change your habits.

David Shukman examines the effect that air pollution has on our bodies.

Supporters of fracking say the UK should extract its own gas - rather than import it from Peru.

SpaceX is sending two tourists to the moon, but when can the rest of us look forward to space travel?

Two skulls found in China shed light on the ancient humans who inhabited the region before the arrival of our own species.

US study reveals how much trees help tackle urban air pollution

Scientists have found something - but no one will admit to causing it.

The last woolly mammoths were wracked with genetic disease and had a strange shiny coat, say scientists.

Scientists have created a functioning mouse embryo in the lab

Ancient Amazon peoples planted a vast number of trees for food or building materials, a study argues.

Europe's medium-range weather forecasts will cease to be constructed in the UK from 2020.

One of the Large Hadron Collider's huge experiments has been given what's described as a "heart transplant".

The government's long-delayed 25-year plan for improving nature in England should be published immediately, MPs say.

Scientists use lasers to analyse how the sound of Big Ben's "bongs" is created.

Scientists identify 208 new minerals that owe their existence wholly or in part to humans.