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Not for the first time, politicians highlight Scotland's potential to generate renewable energy.

A full moon at Halloween is a rare event but this year it is a blue moon which is even more unusual.

The Great Fox-Spider had not been seen since the early 1990s and was feared extinct in the UK.

The iPhone transformed mobile phones in just 10 years. Could green energy see a similar revolution?

A pioneering nuclear fusion experiment based in Oxfordshire has been switched on for the first time.

The Osiris-Rex probe is now safely carrying rock from an asteroid several million kilometres from Earth.

A study of dog DNA patterns shows that our "best friend" among animals is also our oldest one.

Preventing pandemics could be more than 100 times cheaper than tackling their deadly effects.

The phenomenon results in the large scale cooling of ocean surface temperature.

Entire city dims its streetlights, enabling scientists to measure light pollution from space.

Scientists put new numbers of Chinese trees' ability to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Standing 500m (1,640ft) tall, the "blade-like" reef was found off Australia's far north.

Campaigners fear that a body designed to protect the environment is being undermined.

Rescuers made a "sterling effort" to save the 21ft-long animal found in a tributary of the River Clyde near Glasgow Airport.

The viral image has raised questions about the conservation impact on the animal native to Indonesia.

Hundreds of dolphins beach each year, but this US team has dramatically improved survival rates

The "unambiguous detection of water" will boost Nasa's hopes of establishing a lunar base.

Millions of polluting and unsafe used cars from rich nations are exported to Africa and Asia.

London's Natural History Museum is set to stage one of the most ambitious exhibitions in its history.

Batteries that power mobile phones and other devices are causing fires because they are not disposed of properly.