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The 15-year mission of "Oppy" the robot is declared over after repeated failed attempts to contact it.

The US space agency's InSight mission positions the second of its surface instruments on Mars.

It's thought to be the first time the rare animal has been photographed in Africa in a century.

The new species were found after three years of extensive explorations in the Western Ghats.

Conservationists from Chester zoo are conducting the first ever study of the animals, in Uganda.

Scientists release rare footage of the secretive giant pangolin to highlight the scaly mammal's plight.

One small town has become a dumping ground for the world's waste and it's causing a stink.

The winning pictures in this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award.

When a Malaysian town was inundated with foreign plastic waste, a group of villagers decided to fight back.

A radical plan to tackle climate change pushed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has drawn scorn from Trump.

There are now more than 2 million sq miles of extra leaf area per year, compared with the early 2000s.

Two BBC journalists succumbed to the trend and took at-home genealogy tests. This is what they found.

Four Americans are celebrated for their roles in developing the sat-nav Global Positioning System.

The mapping organisation's craft will collect images and data for businesses and organisations to use.

Policymakers are not grasping the seriousness of what we’re doing to the planet, a think-tank warns.

Feral and free-ranging dogs are the third worst human-introduced predators, posing a major threat to wildlife.

Why is Russia in a state of emergency over polar bears?

Houseflies and cockroaches will thrive as bees, butterflies and beetles decline, says a new analysis.

Families in West Virginia say the coal mines have poisoned their water. Now they're fighting back.

Scientists hope to discover one of the most famous ships in Antarctic exploration history this week.