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The global demand for rubber tyres is threatening protected forests in Southeast Asia, according to a study.

Although Arctic sea ice set a record this year for its lowest ever satellite-observed winter extent - that was not the case for its volume, new data reveals.

Scientists are developing smartphone-connected waders that fly-fishing enthusiasts could wear to help them find their catch, but also to collect key data about water properties.

Tonnes of dead fish are being removed from a lake in the centre of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, which is due to host rowing and canoeing events at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Two Russian polar bears make their debut at Sao Paulo's Aquarium, as the only members of their species in the country.

Will Moore's Law last another 50 years?

The disabled boy struggling to find a role with the people of the sea

Researchers reveal the secret of an octopus's unique movement, revealing how the animals co-ordinate their eight, flexible arms.

Observations from space assist the search for new locations to site geothermal power stations.

Graham Satchell explains why fracking is such a divisive subject.

Any attempts to engineer the climate are likely to result in "different" climate change, rather than its elimination, new results suggest.

BBC News looks at the idea of "stranded assets", part of the debate on climate change and global energy policy.

What does the flurry of new studies say about dark matter?

Scientists are using YouTube videos to study a spectacular cave just outside Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.

Scientists quantify the emissions from Iceland's spectacular Bardarbunga-Holuhraun eruption.

Scientists have uncovered a vital new insight into the nature of dark matter.

The New Horizons probe, which is bearing down on Pluto, has captured its first colour image of the distant dwarf planet.

A gray whale makes a 22,500 km (14,000 mile) journey across the Pacific Ocean - the longest migration of any mammal, say scientists.

US firm SpaceX narrowly fails to recover its rocket booster in an otherwise successful mission to the space station.

The SpaceX supply ship is on its way to the ISS with a supply of groceries and a specially designed espresso machine.

The comet being trailed through space by Europe's Rosetta probe has no magnetic field of its own - an important observation in the understanding of how the icy dirt-ball formed billions of years ago.

Campaigners in the Netherlands are taking the government to court for allegedly failing to protect its citizens from climate change.

Environmental groups are calling for a three-year ban on the culling of mountain hares on grouse moors across Scotland.

From chopping the ingredients to doing the washing up - an all-action "robo-chef" for the home is being developed by a London-based company.

The carcass of a rare whale is washed up on a Western Australia beach following Tropical Cyclone Olwyn, which hit the region last month.

ULA, the company that conducts most of America's rocket launches, releases details of its next generation vehicle, which it is calling the Vulcan.

A small robot which filmed the first images inside the reactor of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, stopped working just three hours into its mission.

Nasa's Curiosity rover has found that water can exist as a liquid near the Martian surface.

Japan is offering to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2030 - falling short of its earlier Kyoto Agreement pledge.

Warming seas will push traditional fish and chips off the British menu, a study suggests.

The US space agency's Dawn mission to Ceres has released its first colour map of the dwarf planet.

More than 50 UK university leaders will travel to Brussels on Monday to lobby European policymakers against possible cuts to research funding.

Malta in a referendum narrowly rejects proposals to ban controversial spring hunting, during which migrating birds are shot before they can breed.

Maltese bird hunters celebrate narrow referendum victory

Man's love-hate relationship with snow leopards

Parts of England see soaring levels of air pollution, amid health warnings for vulnerable people.

An abandoned dock in east London is being transformed into a wildlife haven

A new tracking study shows that young sea turtles make a concerted effort to swim in particular directions, instead of drifting with ocean currents.

Nearly 150 melon-headed whales, a species of dolphin, have become stranded on a beach in Japan.

The first new design of electricity pylon in almost 90 years has been erected at a test site in Nottinghamshire.

BBC Click's LJ Rich looks at some of the best of the week's technology news

A 90%-complete "terror bird" skeleton found in Argentina suggests these big-beaked predators had good low-frequency hearing and deep voices.

The biotech start-ups looking at ways to change the way we make food.

Acidic oceans helped fuel the biggest mass extinction in the history of life on Earth, a study says.

David Shukman looks at what could be done on air pollution beyond the annual warnings.

The skull of an adolescent tyrannosaur shows evidence of vicious combat as well as signs that the corpse was eaten by another dinosaur, possibly of the same species.

Scientists are hoping to find out more about elusive basking sharks by tagging them in waters off Cornwall.