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The establishment of community gardens in inner city areas can boost social and ecological wellbeing, suggest researchers.

One of the largest ever dinosaur footprints has been found in Bolivia, of the Abelisaurus dinosaur

Plans to build the first new UK nuclear plant in 20 years suffer an unexpected delay after the government postpones a final decision until the early autumn.

It's a rare albino squirrel, living in a garden in Sussex.

Scientists are calling for a "thoughtful debate" about the wisdom of global attempts to limit temperature rises under 1.5C.

Crossing the English Bulldog with another breed is the best way to ensure its survival, according to US scientists.

People in the US have filmed a Chinese rocket body streaking across the sky over Utah and California.

Ecologists discover a food web beneath the waves of French Polynesia that is both unusual and spectacular.

The Prime Minister has said that she wants to ensure a positive outcome for science in negotiations to leave the European Union.

The rapid growth in the illegal killing of African elephants seen since 2006 seems to have stabilised and may be decreasing.

The crashed remains from Flight MH370 could be as much as 500km further north than the current search area, argues a new modelling study.

Astronomers discover that Jupiter's giant storm is somehow heating the planet's upper atmosphere - possibly by means of sound waves.

As Philae, the robotic lander, is finally switched off and the world says goodbye.

Koalas have quickly learned to use wildlife passageways to cross busy roads in Australia's Queensland state as they move between habitats.

Professor Monica Grady describes the final days of communication with the Philae lander

Scientists have used high-power X-rays to "see inside" an exquisite and complete dinosaur specimen.

An orangutan copying sounds made by researchers offers new clues to how human speech evolved, scientists say.

Every day hundreds of thousands of Britons put their coffee cup into a recycling bin. They're wrong - those cups aren't recyclable.

A new study suggests that the increasing acidification of the oceans is likely to interfere with the ability of fish to reproduce.

Fishermen in the Piura region of Peru have rescued an exhausted whale calf that had become trapped in a net.

The president of the Royal Society has called for the UK government to underwrite the research of all UK-based researchers who apply for EU funding now.

Dolly the sheep's "siblings" are generally healthy, a study has shown, providing hope that cloning can yield animals free from degenerative illness.

A rare white humpback whale has been spotted off Australia's east coast travelling at a leisurely pace not far from the famous holiday town Byron Bay.

On World Mangrove Day, Sri Lanka's prime minister says mangroves' ability to swiftly absorb carbon make them vital in the fight to curb climate change.

The first round-the-world solar powered flight has been completed.

The Solar Impulse becomes the first aircraft to circle the globe powered by the sun after landing in Abu Dhabi on the last leg of its journey.

Photographer Charles Fox documents the work of the Trapang Sangke fishing community in Cambodia.

The UK government's getting together with the retail giant Amazon, to start testing flying drones that can deliver parcels to your door.

Tigers at a wildlife park in Beijing have killed one woman and injured another after the pair left their vehicle, Chinese media reports say.

The Sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse sets out from Egypt's capital, Cairo, on the last leg of its quest to circle the globe.

A small bog in Lancashire is once again home to a rare species of butterfly, for the first time in 100 years.

Currently under construction, the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa is establishing its role in scientific research.

A dolphin that was sunburned while stranded out of water on mudflats for 24 hours in May appears to be recovering from its injuries.

A super-hard metal is made in the laboratory by melting together titanium and gold.

A recent drought shut down the Amazon Basin's carbon sink by killing trees and slowing trees' growth rates, a first-of-its-kind study shows.

Honey hunters in Mozambique rely on the help of honeyguide birds - and a new study reveals their two-way communication.

Twycross Zoo and the University of Nottingham are to look into why great apes are susceptible to heart disease.

South Africa's great white shark population is heading for possible extinction‚ after a rapid decline in numbers, say researchers.

June 2016 was the hottest June worldwide in modern history - marking the 14th month in a row that global temperature records have been broken

One of the biggest craters on the Moon's surface was created by an asteroid more than 250km across, a study suggests.

A former UK energy minister claims the offshore wind industry in Scotland is "pretty much dead" after a legal challenge to four projects.

Its artificial intelligence division, DeepMind, has cut Google's data centres' energy consumption by 15%, using a machine-learning algorithm.

New figures show that animal experiments in UK labs are continuing at an almost identical rate to recent years.

Britain has lost more than 70 percent of its cuckoos in the last 25 years, but tiny tracking devices fitted to some of the birds may have solved the mystery of their decline.

Britain's roads, bridges, railways, hospitals, electricity, gas, water and internet remain at risk from floods, a government review will soon concede.

Last month was the hottest ever June worldwide, and the 14th straight month that global heat records have been broken, scientists say.

An open letter to the government from UK academies representing science, medicine and engineering warns that Brexit is already harming science.

The original Bramley apple tree - planted more than 200 years ago and the "mother" of all modern Bramley apples - is dying from a fungal infection.

Forty-two tiny tracking devices fitted to cuckoos in the UK may have solved the mystery of the birds' decline.

The cuckoo is in decline in the UK, and its migratory habits may be to blame, according to a study of tagged birds.