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Scientists have had a remarkable close-up encounter with a gigantic underwater avalanche off the coast of California.

Scientists have used images taken by Cold War spy satellites to reveal the dramatic environmental changes occurring in the Himalayas.

The detection of ripples in space-time and the famous Schrödinger's Cat paradox feature in a list of 2016's physics breakthroughs.

Scientists say they have a clue that may enable them to find traces of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs in the very crater it made on impact.

A star was 'swallowed' after it passed too close to a black hole, say Queen's University astronomers.

The size of the world's largest wild reindeer herd has fallen by 40% since 2000, scientists warn.

Watch David Attenborough's epic sign off as the acclaimed Planet Earth II came to its conclusion on Sunday night on BBC One.

Brain tests at the age of three appear to predict a child's future success in life, according to researchers.

The scale and pace of change now taking place in West Antarctica is captured in a new, long-term satellite record that tracks the thinning of the region's huge glaciers.

Scientists say they are concerned at the rapid rate at which methane is gathering in the atmosphere.

Squid may end up on the British plate in place of old favourites such as cod as UK waters warm up.

The BBC meets three Indian female scientists who prove that rocket science is not a male preserve.

Stunning photographs of starry nights over South East Asia

With concern about the decline of bees in the UK, the University of London has created an oasis for the insects on a rooftop.

A look back at the things we learned from David Attenborough's latest BBC One series Planet Earth II.

A campaign led by medical professionals is calling for all diesel cars to be banned from London.

The world's largest cold energy storage plant, which can act like a giant battery for renewable energy, is being commissioned at a site near Manchester.

Japan launches a cargo ship equipped with a half-mile long magnetic tether to clear space junk.

Japan launches a cargo ship carrying a space junk collector designed to gather debris in space.

Planet Earth filmmakers talk dancing flamingos and bears

Scientists have found a 100 million year old dinosaur tail trapped in amber.

Tiny crustaceans previously recorded at two locations in the British Isles are found in a loch near Kinross.

Former astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, dies aged 95.

Former astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, dies aged 95. Pallab Ghosh looks back at the day he made history.

A sample of the smallpox virus from a 17th Century victim challenges current thinking.

Giraffes have been classified as vulnerable to extinction. Chester Zoo says humans are to blame.

The population of the world's tallest land mammal, the giraffe, is shrinking. Chester Zoo says humans are to blame.

The tail of a feathered dinosaur has been found perfectly preserved in amber from Myanmar.

Historians unveil a digitally-reconstructed image of the face of Scottish king Robert the Bruce nearly 700 years after his death.

Donald Trump picks an outspoken critic of Obama climate policies to head the environment body.

Red fire ants could wreak more damage than rabbits, cane toads and foxes combined, experts warn.

A dramatic drop in the giraffe population over the past 30 years leaves them vulnerable to extinction.

Humans may in part owe their big brains to a DNA "typo" in their genetic code, research suggests.

People in west Siberia have captured footage of what is believed to be a small meteorite.

Scientists in the US have unveiled an athletic robot which takes its inspiration from bush babies.

For a second day, Paris is cutting car numbers according to odd or even licence plates. Do such schemes work?

Poultry keepers have been told to keep their birds inside to protect them from avian flu in Europe.

The Cassini spacecraft has sent back the first views from its new orbit around Saturn.

The regular use of Caesarean sections is having an impact on human evolution, say scientists.

Research has cast doubt on a UN-backed project to reduce pollution-induced illness in the world's poorest children by providing 100 million homes with a smoke-free stove.

Insurance experts warn of a $100bn global "protection gap" due to increased climate change risks.

Google reveals it is on track to offset 100% of data centre and office electricity use with renewable energy.

Donald Trump's plan to erect a huge sea wall at his Irish golf course has been withdrawn in the light of stiff opposition.

Glasgow Prestwick Airport signs an agreement with Houston Spaceport as it continues its bid to become the UK's first launch site.

A project is underway to record the underwater behaviour of Britain's grey seals.

Fossils of possibly the earliest backboned four-legged animals to walk have been found in Scotland.

Robot aircraft are to be tested in UK airspace to help refine systems that control autonomous planes.

Although progress is being made, up to US $906bn of company turnover is still tied to global deforestation, an assessment suggests.

The UK has bought the capsule which sent Tim Peake into space and returned him to Earth.

Flooding across parts of the UK last winter was the most extreme on record, experts say.