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The US Navy ship "Sammy B" sank off the Philippines in a ferocious WWII battle with the Japanese.

The planets appear in the sky 'like a string of pearls' until Monday.

The once near-extinct birds of prey are being flown abroad to help rescue dwindling Spanish populations.

The International Energy Agency warns that Russia may stop supplying gas to Europe this winter.

The summit had been repeatedly postponed due to the Covid situation in China

Engineers are developing mobile, floating nuclear desalination plants to help solve water shortages.

Jamie Cooper planned for days to capture the moment, which lasted for less than a second.

Scientists are given one year to develop new ways of preventing future spillover to humans

Justin Rowlatt finds out what gorilla conservation can teach us about protecting other species.

Young science writer competition winner digs into an underground biological battle against global warming.

Bee-eaters trying to breed in the UK is an "unmissable sign" of the climate crisis, the RSPB says.

Several hundred Greenland bears survive by hunting seals from freshwater ice instead, scientists say.

People cannot easily find out how dirty the air is where they live, the National Audit Office says.

Nepal is preparing to move its Everest base camp as the glacier it stands on becomes less stable.

Carbon-rich peatlands are under threat from development, posing a risk for future climate change.

Key talks end with rich and poor countries at loggerheads on the divisive issue of loss and damage.

Nearly 140 graves, a skeleton with a spear point embedded in it, jewellery and weapons are among the finds.

The UK's ability to tackle the likes of bird flu could be undermined by poor lab facilities, a report warns.

A new report says that increased demand for energy is being met mainly by coal, oil and gas.

A study finds the English bulldog has double the health risks of other dogs.

A report indicates that lots of houses in England could be lost to flooding in the coming decades.

An animal rights group was seeking legal means to have the elephant moved from a zoo to a sanctuary.

UN chief Antonio Guterres warns that the rush to find new sources of coal, oil and gas is a major mistake.

Archaeologists and veterans survey the remains of the Falklands War's decisive final battle.

Scientists are planning to sequence the genomes of all species, including plants, animals, fungi, found in Britain and Ireland.

More than 8,000 frog and toad bones found in a single ditch is "extraordinary", baffled experts say.

England's future food strategy is released amid criticism from campaigners that it lacks ambition.

The food should not be "forced" on Scottish markets by a new UK bill, a government minister says.

As Love Island contestants get dressed in second-hand clothes, can fashion ever be eco-friendly?

Sellers simply call ivory by other names including 'bovine bone', investigation shows.

University of Southampton palaeontologists identify the remains of a dinosaur measuring 32ft.

Nasa says the incident is not expected to limit the mission's overall performance.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and soaring gas prices have led to new greenhouse gas emitting projects, researchers say.

A new map traces the shape of the remote ocean bed surrounding Antarctica.

US climate envoy John Kerry says the war in Ukraine is no excuse to prolong global reliance on coal.

China plans to put astronauts on the Moon and send probes to Mars and Jupiter. Why the grand plans?

Shell says the field east of Aberdeen has the potential to produce 6.5% of Britain's gas output.

The seagrass is roughly 4,500 years old and three times the size of Manhattan, researchers say.

Vice-chancellors ask both sides to work together to save the UK's role in a multi-billion-pound scheme.

The great white shark could have helped push the megalodon to extinction through a battle for food.

Researchers say bacteria such as E. coli stays attached to plastic longer than natural material.

Deep peat moorlands store huge amounts of carbon and are a buffer against climate change

Those viral moments of unusual animal behaviour provide valuable insight for researchers as well.

It is an almost complete set of "genetic instructions" from people who died when Mount Vesuvius erupted.

MPs say the amount of demolition and rebuilding must be reduced as it adds to the emissions driving climate change.

Scientists warn that 24 of Britain's butterfly species are in danger of dying out.

Researchers at Northwestern University in the United States have created robots less than 1mm big.

The legislation will allow the commercial development of genetically-edited plants and animals in England.

The mood is shifting in an industry destabilised by economic shocks and post-Brexit reforms.

A second consecutive winter heavily influenced by La Niña weather patterns threatens violent storms.