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A global map of areas without roads shows large tracts of wilderness remain unprotected.

Why scientists are weighing the rainforests with lasers.

European scientists have flown instruments back and forth across the South Pole to map its hidden depths.

The Atacama Desert - the driest desert on Earth - may once have had lakes and wetlands, scientists report.

Limiting access to federal research would do an "enormous disservice" to the US and the world according to former Nasa chief scientist.

Small satellites, meant to detect wind speed in stormy weather, blast off over Cape Canaveral on an air-launched rocket.

Europe launches its long-delayed Galileo satellite system, aiming to be the world's most accurate.

Babies made from two women and one man win approval from the UK's fertility regulator.

The song and behaviour of the UK's favourite bird is being affected by light and noise pollution, a study reveals.

Six new animal species are identified at deep-sea vents beneath the Indian Ocean.

A newly discovered spider bears an "uncanny" resemblance to a magical hat in the Harry Potter books.

Canadian "guerrilla" archivists will help in scramble to preserve US federal climate data.

Scientists in Iceland are drilling in to a volcano to harness the energy from beneath the Earth.

Geologists in Iceland are drilling into the heart of a volcano to create a super-hot borehole they can tap for energy.

British researchers are now routinely mapping a great swathe of Earth's surface, looking for the subtle warping that ultimately leads to quakes.

The highest-ever wave recorded by a buoy is detected in the North Atlantic, say experts.

Scientists have discovered a new deep source of ancient water that is at least two billion years old.

Land Speed Record holder Andy Green has been visiting India to share insights about the Bloodhound supersonic car.

Footprints made by early humans millions of years ago have been uncovered in Tanzania.

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.