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The idea that you cannot kill any animal is "fatally flawed" as a conservation concept, scientists argue.

The blood-sucking parasites have been around for at least 115 million years, according to a recent study.

Europe prepares to send technology to Mars to look for evidence that there is life on the planet.

France released two brown bears in the Pyrenees - but one has now killed eight sheep in Spain.

A mining dam could collapse as early as next week, months after a similar disaster killed 230 people.

A single mother almost missed out on a coveted Nasa internship until strangers stepped in to help.

India's political parties promise free electricity to farmers and ambitious infrastructure projects.

A London food chain is now including insects on its menu but can eating insects help save the planet?

The much-maligned bedbug has been around for 115 million years - since dinosaurs ruled the Earth.

UK scientists have created an artificial version of the stomach bug E. coli that is based on an entirely synthetic form of DNA.

Up to a million shoes are among the tide of plastic debris washed up on an Australian island say scientists.

Almost a quarter of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is now unstable, according to a new study.

The document stumped Alan Turing and the FBI before being deciphered by a research assistant.

The bites are a "hidden" health crisis causing a death every four minutes, says World Health Organization

Bafta called for more environment plot lines on TV, here's a look at how television can raise awareness.

The Chinese Chang'e-4 rover may have confirmed a longstanding idea about the origin of a vast crater on the Moon's far side.

Research has shown that beneath every forest and wood there is a complex underground web of roots and fungi, connecting trees and plants to one another.

The European satellite measuring the shape of the White Continent is now working at higher resolution.

A disease posing a "very serious threat" to the EU's olive industry still poses a real threat to southern European producers, say experts.

New research by Bafta found references to "climate change" lag far behind "beer" or "sex" in UK TV shows.