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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.

At first the distant icy object Ultima Thule looked like a snowman. Now it's a "gingerbread man".

Many of our best loved garden plants are there because they were once recommended to heal the sick.

Male tiger Asim arrived at London Zoo days ago as a potential mate for long-term resident Melati.

Mixing drinks may not actually make your hangover worse. So here's some tips to help you the morning after the night before.

It is hoped the new defensive barrier will also protect 400 businesses for the next 100 years.

A controversial new scheme is capturing CO2 emissions from wood burning.

The National Museum of Scotland unveils the final three galleries of its £80m redevelopment.