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Israeli veganism takes root in land of milk and honey
How Israel is embracing veganism
Why do sperm whales wash up on beaches?
Why do sperm whales die in the North Sea?
Massive funnel-web spider to be milked
Big Boy, a funnel-web spider with a leg span of 10cm, is the largest specimen ever handed in to Australia's only venom-milking programme.
Swimming with elephants and sharks
Swimming with toxic fish and 'sexy shrimp'
VIDEO: Penguin diary: Charting a year in the life
Victoria Gill joins a team of scientists as they set up remote cameras to observe penguin colonies in the Antarctic.
VIDEO: Scientists set up penguin CCTV
A team of researchers led by Dr Tom Hart at Oxford University has set up a network of penguin-monitoring cameras throughout the Antarctic Peninsula.
North Face widow offers land to Chile
The widow of North Face co-founder Douglas Tompkins opens talks with Chile on donating a vast nature reserve to be turned into national parks.
Reusable Bezos rocket revisits space
US entrepreneur Jeff Bezos reflies the New Shepard rocket and capsule system he launched and recovered last November.
VIDEO: Capturing the world's longest sunset
A BBC News crew is in Antarctica following a team of British researchers who are monitoring penguins.
Storks shun migration for junk food
Storks feeding on rubbish dumps instead of migrating are more likely to survive the winter, research shows.
VIDEO: Red kites flying high in County Down
As red kites prepare to mate and breed, volunteers in County Down are out identifying potential nest sites so they can check for chicks later in the season.
Plant 'counts' as it digests flies
Scientists say the Venus flytrap controls its digestion process by gauging the number of times a struggling insect touches its trigger hairs.
'Sea monster' could be 'new species'
A Jurassic sea beast found in a Cambridgeshire quarry could prove to be a new species of plesiosaur, scientists say.
Tags give insight into shark behaviour
Scientists say satellite tagging basking sharks off Scotland has given valuable insights into their behaviour of the world's second biggest fish.
Diseased algae inspire designs
Images from a microscope of healthy and infected algae inspires the designs of a Scottish-based textiles producer.
India's maverick 'frog man'
The scientist who was 'made' by a purple frog with a snout
VIDEO: Controversial plan to save rhinos
Karen Allen meets a rhino breeder with a controversial solution to stop poachers killing his animals for their horns.
Funds for farmers who fight flooding
Details are emerging of plans to pay farmers who manage their land in a way that helps prevent flooding in towns and cities.
'UK astronaut' on living with cancer
British-born astronaut Piers Sellers tells of living life at "20 times normal speed" after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.
VIDEO: Attenborough on 'largest dinosaur' discovery
Sir David Attenborough speaks to Huw Edwards about the discovery of a new species of titanosaur, which is the biggest animal ever to walk the earth.
Come in #PlanetNine
US astronomers claim to have strong evidence that there is a ninth planet in our Solar System. We asked you to send us your suggested names for this new arrival.
Ancient 'massacre' unearthed in Kenya
Archaeologists say they have unearthed the earliest evidence of warfare between hunter-gatherers, at a site in northern Kenya.
VIDEO: Does the ninth planet really exist?
Why do astronomers in the US think there they have discovered a ninth planet in the solar system?
Reconstructing the 'world's biggest dinosaur'
The discovery of what may be the world's biggest dinosaur is told in a new BBC One documentary.
VIDEO: Baby otters found at Florida home
Three baby otters have been found outside a Florida home in Palm Shores.
VIDEO: Sperm whale rescued off Japan coast
A sperm whale stranded on a beach in Western Japan is dragged back out to sea by fishermen.
Tuneful song reveals new Indian bird
Scientists studying birds in the Himalayas discover that one species of thrush is in fact two.
Toxic algae triggers dementia brain changes
Exposure to toxin from algae linked to dementia
Is Hyperloop the future of travel?
Nevada desert home to ambitious transport project
VIDEO: 'I'm sceptical about ninth planet'
Nasa's chief scientist says she is a bit "sceptical" about the existence of a ninth planet in our Solar System.
VIDEO: Warmest year 'one of violent extremes'
Global temperatures in 2015 were the warmest on record, according to data published by meteorologists in the UK and US.
Welsh dinosaur named 'dragon thief'
A 201-million-year-old dinosaur that fell out of a cliff face in Wales in 2014 is formally named Dracoraptor hanigani - the "dragon thief".
Case made for 'ninth planet'
American astronomers say they have strong evidence that there is a ninth planet in our Solar System orbiting far beyond even the dwarf world Pluto.
Five planets align in dawn sky
Five planets will align across the dawn sky on Wednesday in a rare treat for skywatchers.
2015 'shattered' temperature record
Global temperatures in 2015 were the warmest since records began, according to data published by meteorologists in the UK and the US.
What is China doing to clean its air?
What is China doing to clean its air?
Are beards good for your health?
Do beards hold the key to new antibiotics?
Eye-in-sky offers UK floods insight
Images from an unmanned aerial vehicle suggest excessive management of floodplains limit their ability to hold water and slow the flow of floodwater.
Car hub Stuttgart asks for auto ban
Residents of one of Germany's foremost car manufacturing bases are urged to leave their vehicles at home after smog breaches maximum safe levels.
English DNA 'one-third' Anglo-Saxon
The present-day English owe about a third of their ancestry to the Anglo-Saxons, according to two new studies.
Fishing catch 'huge underestimate'
The amount of fish taken from the world's oceans has been underestimated by more than 50% according to a new study.
GM mosquito expansion announced
A company producing GM mosquitoes says it is to open a new factory in Brazil as it expands its operations.
'Natural' fertilisation device for IVF
A private UK fertility clinic is offering couples a new form of IVF treatment that allows conception to occur in the womb rather than in the lab.
VIDEO: SpaceX rocket explodes during landing
This is the moment an unmanned SpaceX Falcon rocket exploded on landing after successfully delivering an ocean monitoring satellite to orbit.
Ocean height mission blasts off
Jason-3, a US-European satellite that is fundamental to our understanding of the oceans, is launched from California.
UK protected coastal belt expanded
The UK government extends the "blue belt" of protected marine areas around the British coastline.
Tim Peake: How a space hero was made
The making of British space hero Tim Peake
Tim Peake spacewalk ends early
Nasa has ended the spacewalk involving British astronaut Tim Peake after his US colleague reported water in his helmet.
Europe excited by cargo mini-shuttle
The European Space Agency is eager to develop its interest in a robot mini-shuttle just selected by Nasa to help ferry cargo to the space station.
Tim Peake on historic spacewalk
Tim Peake is carrying out the first ever spacewalk by an astronaut representing the UK.
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