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In 2023 several countries will launch missions to the Moon and beyond.

Scientists discover the glass frog's "superpower" in its ability to pool blood to turn see-through.

The crew members may have to return to Earth early after their capsule started leaking.

How you can celebrate while doing less harm to the planet

Seen as a symbol of Christmas in Australia, the beetles seem to have gone missing in recent years.

An English town could be the first to turn off fossil fuel gas, but some residents aren't happy.

The first orbital space launch from UK soil is now expected to take place in January.

Mature trees found in UK forests play a critical role in fighting climate change, a study suggests

As bans on elephant ivory are tightened, poachers are killing hippos for their teeth, experts warn.

The effect of a weather phenomenon causing cooler temperatures is due to end next year.

Memorable moments from the Montreal meeting that brought a historic deal.

The plan will put 30% of the planet under protection by the end of the decade.

The amount of time without sea-ice is becoming too long for the bears to survive, experts say.

Scientists say a rare reef habitat near the mouth of the Amazon is at risk from oil exploration.

Long-awaited targets to protect the environment will fail to fix water pollution, say nature groups.

Only six farms are prosecuted for pollution despite 300 river contaminations in one year.

Countries are promising new funds to help protect 30% of the planet for nature but will it secure a deal?

Brookfield sold Brazil farms despite boss's call not to "walk away" from carbon-intensive assets

One of the world's biggest banks will end fossil fuel financing as part of efforts to become "net zero".

Will a plan to protect 30% of the planet for nature by 2030 be agreed and how will it work?

US researchers have overcome a major barrier to achieving low-carbon nuclear fusion.

Israeli researchers claim to have developed a flock of gene-edited hens that lay eggs from which only female chicks hatch.

Guatemala's Fuego forces authorities to close the country's largest airport and a major highway.

After a 26-day flight around the Moon, Nasa's future astronaut ship parachutes into the Pacific.

The Lascar volcano, in the north, sends a plume of volcanic ash and hot gases 6,000m into the sky.

While scientists agree on the dire state of life on Earth, they don't always agree on how we should describe it.

A new extinction list reveals grave conservation concern for a 'sea cow' that inspired tales of mermaids.

New money for climate damage, but little progress on emissions. A round up of what was agreed in Egypt.

Industry watchdog Ofwat, has said that poor performance has become the norm in the water industry.

The UN's biodiversity chief says talks under way in Montreal are the last chance to save nature.

Genetic material extracted from soil has revealed the ancient plants and animals of North Greenland.

Countries are meeting in Montreal for a once-a-decade opportunity to put nature on the path to recovery.

The government says it will rewrite a planning rule restricting new turbines in England.

Household goods such as coffee and chocolate will have to pass strict checks before they are sold in the EU.

The ship fires its main engine near the Moon, committing itself to a return to Earth on Sunday.

The pelt and skull of the last known thylacine are identified in Hobart, solving an 85-year mystery.

The seals were found on the Caspian Sea coast, but officials do not believe they died violently.

The astronauts installed new solar panels to give the International Space Station more power.

Friends from Oman who turn CO2 into rock and a UK firm making packaging from seaweed are among the winners.

A London firm which develops nature-friendly packaging is among five climate prize winners.

This year’s winners of the British Ecological Society competition "celebrate the diversity" of ecology.

A scientist says the fossil is "one of the most important found in the last few decades".

A post-Brexit green subsidy scheme is going ahead - but there is no clarity on what farmers will be paid.

Batteries thrown into household rubbish bins cause about 700 fires a year in waste facilities, a survey suggests.

Why is bird flu so bad this year and why are scientists so concerned?

The mission will see the first in-orbit crew handover on the new Tiangong space station.

About 600,000 birds have been culled or have died in the UK's worst avian flu outbreak.

Elaliite and elkinstantonite are the new names but the Saar people in Somalia call it Nightfall.

The spacecraft travels further from Earth than any previous vehicle built for astronauts.

Green Alliance says the high price of gas means fossil fuel companies should be capturing more of their methane emissions