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Much-loved birds including curlews and cuckoos are under a growing threat from climate change in England.

A new study unpicks how the skin of the Texas horned lizard funnels water towards its mouth, and unveils a plastic replica that uses the same principles.

A university is in "exploratory discussions" on plans to build the world's deepest swimming pool for spaceflight and human endurance research.

A "near miss" between a passenger jet and a drone has prompted a warning about using the hobby aircraft safely.

A new, full snapshot of our planet has been captured by a Nasa satellite.

The US National Air and Space Museum has turned to crowdfunding to conserve the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the Moon.

Growing emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are threatening the effectiveness of radiocarbon dating say scientists.

Cathy Lewis, space suit curator at the Air and Space Museum in Washington, explains why a campaign is under way to raise $500,000 to help safeguard the spacesuit worn by Neil Armstrong.

Researchers say the Arctic is highly sensitive to changes in summer temperatures as ice rebound continued through 2014.

The beautiful creatures with a deadly streak

Australia's wombats are under threat from a painful and fatal skin disease known as mange.

The Philae comet lander has fallen silent, according to scientists working on the European Rosetta mission.

Fishermen in South-West England turn their boats into "massive data platforms" for a citizen science study to measure plankton levels off the UK coast.

Prof Stephen Hawking has launched a new effort to answer the question of whether there is life elsewhere in space.

Prof Stephen Hawking launches a new effort to answer the question of whether there is life elsewhere in space.

A British team has developed a system to help protect wild rhinos, which could be extinct within the next ten years, because they are hunted by poachers for their lucrative horns.

Why bother exploring the Solar System?

The American space agency's New Horizons probe returns further images of Pluto that include a view of the dwarf planet's strange icy plains.

New science minister takes a hard look at funding research

An Edinburgh company has won the UK's top engineering prize for its digital hydraulic power system.

Scottish councils may lose out on more than £44m of income over the next 20 years if changes are made to wind farm subsidies, according to a trade body.

New research suggests that mosquitoes track down something to bite using a sequence of three cues: smell, then sight, and finally heat.

Polar bears are unable to adapt their behaviour to cope with the food losses associated with warmer summers in the Arctic.

The US and Russia are among five countries to sign a deal to prevent commercial fishing in the melting Arctic sea ice near the North Pole.

A genetically modified moth could help curb a major pest of vegetable crops around the world, research suggests.

A kestrel that flew into a car's grille is released by garage mechanics.

Scientists discover a winged dinosaur - an ancestor of the velociraptor - that they say was on the cusp of becoming a bird.

Designers at Cardiff University say they have built a low-cost, zero-carbon house - just the sort of home Chancellor George Osborne once described as impossible.

Evan Davis speaks to the principal investigator on Nasa's mission to Pluto, Dr Alan Stern.

The technology in electric cars has been around for a few years, but concerns about range and price prevented many people from taking them seriously, John Maguire took one for a spin.

Pluto has mountains made of ice that are as high as those in the Rockies, images from the New Horizons probe have revealed.

Pluto has mountains made of ice that are as high as those in the Rockies, images from the New Horizons probe have revealed.

Pluto has mountains as high as those in the Rockies, new images from the New Horizons probe show.

Stephen Hawking has congratulated the New Horizons team and NASA for their successful mission to the dwarf planet Pluto.

What have we learned about Pluto so far?

The Swiss team trying to fly a solar-powered plane around the world has abandoned its effort for this year because of the damage sustained by its batteries on the last leg of its global quest.

Fracking could potentially be done safely in the UK under "rigorous regulation", but it is too early to say whether it would be "a good idea", a report says.

Are Britain's footpaths in slow decay?

A great white shark has been rescued after it was stranded on shore.

Richard Westcott goes for a ride on Britain's newest high speed train, which will replace the InterCity 125.

A signal has been received from the New Horizons probe, which soared past Pluto on Tuesday.

A signal received from the New Horizons spacecraft shows that it survived its historic encounter with Pluto.

What does rosemary do to your brain?

Tension is mounting as scientists await confirmation that a flyby of Pluto by Nasa's New Horizons probe was a success.

Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft has made the first visit to Pluto, approaching within 12,500km of the icy world.

The New Horizons probe has reached Pluto after a 10 year journey of three billion miles (4.8 billion km).

Climate change risks should be assessed in the same way as threats to national security according to a new report.

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have announced the discovery of a new particle called the pentaquark.

After a near-10-year-journey to the outer Solar System, Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft begins the most intense period of its encounter with Pluto.

Pluto has just been found to be ever so slightly bigger than we thought, having a diameter of 2,370km.