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More than 300 reindeer have been killed in a lightning storm on a mountain plateau in Norway.

Researchers at Stanford University have designed a unique bird tunnel to observe how tiny birds fly.

Turbines installed off the coast of Shetland could herald a "new era" in tidal energy, according to the company running the project.

A Nasa team has emerged from a Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in near isolation for a year.

A team of six people complete a Nasa-funded Mars simulation in Hawaii, after living in a dome in near isolation for a year.

Proponents say new, greener jet fuels made from waste wood could significantly reduce airline CO2 emissions but environmentalists say it's a "pipe dream".

Europe’s Sentinel radar satellites map Italy's Apennine mountains, revealing the scale of ground movement in Wednesday's big earthquake.

The US space agency’s Juno probe makes its first close approach to Jupiter since going into orbit in July.

US President Barack Obama expands a national monument off Hawaii, creating the world's largest marine reserve.

Researchers track a particular type of tiny vibration for the first time, as it wobbles through the Earth from the Atlantic to Japan.

How 98 aftershocks rocked devastated areas of central Italy in the first 36 hours after the earthquake.

A tiny marsupial lion, extinct for at least 18 million years, is named after Sir David Attenborough after fossilised remains are found in remote Australia.

Scientists have used satellite images to study how the water on the Earth's surface has changed over the last 30 years.

The first almost complete skeleton of a dodo to come up for sale in nearly 100 years is expected to fetch a six-figure sum at auction.

Amateur rocket enthusiasts have gathered in Scotland to mark 30 years of aiming for the skies.

A lawnmower has been blamed for wrongly triggering sensors that predict when the Northern Lights will be visible in the UK.

Microsoft's Excel has been blamed for some errors in academic papers on genomics.

Engineers in the US have built the first self-contained, entirely soft robot - in the shape of a 7cm octopus.

For the first time, a soft robot has been built that moves on its own with no batteries or cables.

How do astronomers decide whether a planet is potentially habitable?

The UK records its highest temperature of the year so far - 33.9C (93F) at Gravesend in Kent - as experts warn of possible health risks.

Scientists have discovered a planet similar to Earth that is orbiting our Sun's nearest neighbour, Proxima Centauri.

Scientists identify a planet only slightly larger than Earth that is orbiting Proxima Centauri - the closest star to our Solar System.

Prof Ed Bullmore from the University of Cambridge discusses a potential revolution: immunopsychiatry

MPs have recommended banning the tiny particles of plastic called "microbeads" which are used in a number of cosmetics and cleaning products. But why have they taken the move?

Historian and author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari speaks about the future of humanity.

China gives the world a first glimpse of the space probe and rover it plans to use in its first mission to Mars in 2020.

Detecting traces of perfume could help in the fight against crime, a study suggests

A worldwide ban on plastic microbeads in cosmetics should be imposed as soon as possible, MPs demand.

Hundreds of thousands of fish, commonly known as peanut bunker fish, have washed up dead in a New Jersey creek.

Most countries in the world have little capacity to deal effectively with invasive species, a study suggests.

Badger culls are to be carried out in five new areas of England in a bid to control bovine TB, the BBC learns.

There has been a massive spike in the amount of recycling that gets rejected.

Archaeologists have uncovered a mysterious stone structure buried under what they describe as Scotland's "largest Neolithic rubbish dump".

Spider silk is used to create a superlens for a microscope, allowing Bangor University scientists to view objects previously deemed "invisible".

Firefighters in California gain ground in tackling the massive Blue Cut wildfire, containing around 40% and allowing many evacuees to return home.

A study of Australian zebra finches makes the surprising discovery that singing to eggs can alter hatchling development.

About 100 water voles are to be released into Malham Tarn in the Yorkshire Dales.

The sunken wreck of a fishing trawler that swept for mines during World War One is given special protection by Historic England.

Researchers have combined satellite imagery with AI to predict areas of poverty across the world.

Tourists flock to Hawaii's Kilauea volcano after lava from its Pu'u O'o vent reached the sea. Aerials - Lava Ocean Tours.

A global audience joins Prof Michael Sandel to discuss the world's response to climate change.

Australian researchers are investigating if the scent of giant sea snails could help repel millions of coral-eating starfish from the Great Barrier Reef.

A new analysis shows that Oetzi the Iceman's clothes came from at least five species of animal, including a hat of brown bear fur.

A satellite tag fitted to a hen harrier has stopped transmitting in the same mountains where eight tagged eagles "vanished", says RSPB Scotland.

Astronomers capture rare images of a white dwarf - before, during and after it exploded as a "classical nova".

Scientists have identified a new species of dolphin that lived 25 million years ago.

In its vision for the future of post-Brexit agriculture the Campaign to Protect Rural England says too much money is given to large-scale farms.

The large-scale, long-term decline in wild bees across England has been linked to the use of neonicotinoid insecticides by a new study.

The large-scale, long-term decline in wild bees across England has been linked to the use of neonicotinoid insecticides by a new study.