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What should we call a six-wheeled robot going to the Red Planet to look for signs of life?

A growing taste for al fresco dining is driving record charcoal sales in the UK but is it also fuelling global deforestation and climate change?

Conservationists are crying foul over a high-speed railway being built through Nairobi National Park.

It sounds like the perfect solution, but critics say it failed their test.

Atlantic system that warms the UK is slowing down but scientists say this will cause more not less heating.

Engineers at Cammell Laird shipyard add the top six decks to the hull of the UK's new polar ship.

PM commits to laws that will ensure environmental protection improves - but not everyone is convinced.

The fossil of a prehistoric snake that lived alongside the dinosaurs has been found entombed in amber.

Video of a seabed filmed by a BBC journalist has helped the area get special protection.

The impact of European settlers on the country is preserved in a detailed soil record, researchers have found.

Geologists classify the last 4,200 years as being a distinct age in the story of our planet.

Ancient Britons were eating dairy, peas, cabbage and oats, according to gunk trapped in their teeth.

More and more young people are living without the car. Will the government change its road-building plans?

Research suggests new kinds of shark could migrate to UK waters as the oceans warm.

While the bird is dying out in parts of Europe, the population on one Welsh island is thriving.

The UK is set to get its first space port in Sutherland, Scotland. But it already has a long history in space.

Charred crumbs found in a middle-eastern desert show that bread-making dates back 14,000 years.

The lightweight Zephyr aircraft could be used in communications and remote sensing.

Road builders planning a bypass in Sussex have been urged to find a way that doesn't cause damage to ancient woodland.

The UK Space Agency backs Scotland's north coast as the place to launch satellites to orbit.