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The historic journey will see her become the oldest person to ever fly to space.

The monarch was visiting the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute during her visit to Scotland.

A "last ice area" is crucial for the survival of polar bears but is suffering from climate change.

Maps, graphics and charts explaining the Canada and north-west US heatwave, with temperatures at nearly 50C.

Pet owners with Covid could infect about 20% of cats and dogs, although most symptoms are mild.

One of the world's largest eagles has "nearly zero" chance of surviving deforestation, study shows.

The cash injection comes after the British government and Bharti Global bailed out the company last year.

The vehicle runs on regular fuel and can travel up to 1,000km while airborne, its creator says.

A genetic study shows wild boar are thriving and breeding with domestic pigs from abandoned farms.

MPs say that the government's plans for nature are wholly insufficient to stem the losses of plants and species.

The competition has received more than 4,500 entries from people in 75 countries.

Scientists piece together clues from "patient zero", who likely caught the plague from a rodent.

Separate collisions of a neutron star and a black hole are detected in a short space of time.

As links between climate change and extreme weather events increase, experts predict more lawsuits.

Climate change has ended political careers in Australia and action over it remains widely debated.

Who was the mysterious Isabella Allen and what was her contribution to 19th Century botanical science?

Chinese researchers unveil an ancient skull that could belong to a completely new species of human.

Researchers working in Israel have identified a previously unknown type of ancient human.

Called the "cosmic dawn", this period happened between 250 and 350 million years after the Big Bang.

A plant that could remove the equivalent to 40 million trees every year is planned for Scotland.