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People living in the Brazilian Amazon are facing the twin dangers of the coronavirus and forest fires.

Sea and airborne surveys show how Antarctica's mighty Thwaites ice stream can be melted from below.

The camera detector for the Vera Rubin Observatory takes its first test images in the laboratory.

The German government considers creating an offshore launchpad for satellites.

The bloc's environment agency says pollution contributes to hundreds of thousands of deaths each year.

The record-breaking Nile level could inundate precious relics as the country is hit by heavy rains.

Pine martens prefer feasting on grey squirrels, which is helping to save reds, say conservationists.

The fires have burned through more than two million acres in California so far this year, fire officials say.

Australian species roam over massive distances and help the land recover from fire, research finds.

Scientists who attached a strain of bacteria to the outside of the International Space Station have been stunned to find it survived for three years, in open space.

The highway code is being revised - how well do you know the changes?

Hundreds of mammals will go extinct if we do not act now to address biodiversity loss, say scientists.

Sixteenth thousand academics urge EU leaders to increase investment over the next seven years.

Mature male elephants play a crucial role in passing on their knowledge to younger males, a study suggests.

A study reveals true scale of the prehistoric mega-shark made famous in Jason Statham's The Meg.

This summer’s carbon emissions from Arctic wildfires were a third higher than last year’s levels.

The advance could help protect amphibians from extinction by protecting their breeding grounds.

After a flight failure in 2019, the Vega rocket executes a flawless deployment of 53 satellites.

Gravitational waves arrive from a black hole collision that occurred half-way across the Universe.

Five baby gorillas are born in six weeks in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.