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With Antarctica shedding ice at an accelerating rate, here's what you need to know about continent's ice sheet.

Scientists hope to save the saiga, a Central Asian antelope which survived the Ice Age, but is now in peril.

Satellites observing the White Continent detect a jump in the rate of ice being lost to the ocean.

Delegations to the European Space Agency vote to procure another batch of spacecraft, despite British calls to delay.

The internet has been transfixed as it scaled a 23-floor Minnesota building for nearly a day.

The red squirrel, the wildcat, and the grey long-eared bat face severe threats, a study says.

With the first 500mph runs now pushed back to mid-2019, there is more time to prepare the world's first supersonic car.

The US has more captive tigers than the rest of the world has wild ones. Why?

Many of the oldest and largest specimens of Africa's baobab tree have died over the past 12 years.

Calculating the number of daily births takes in the very largest and smallest creatures.

Francis tells oil executives the world must convert to clean fuel in an unprecedented conference.

Dr Richard Henderson is made a Companion of Honour in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Scientists are campaigning for a new emoji which they feel could be vital during earthquakes.

Scientists warn material including strands of underwear could be found in the seafood.

Nasa says organic matter suggests there might have been life on the planet.

Scientists say more work is needed to understand the health effects of consuming the seafood.

Methane on the Red Planet waxes and wanes with the seasons - another clue in the search for life.

The oldest known "footprints" left by an animal have been uncovered in China.

A Canadian firm says new technology has dramatically cut the cost of removing carbon from the air.

The European Commission sets out how it wants to spend €100bn (£87bn) on science in the next EU budget.