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Farmers will receive money for "public goods", such as investment in sustainable food production.

Climate change could drive most of the birds' global population from their current nesting islands.

The frozen vault storing the world's precious seeds is about to reach the one million mark for donations.

Vets and medical staff teaming up to reduce antibiotic use on farms.

US scientists develop sensors to allow doctors to follow their patients' progress away from the clinic.

A new dam on the river Nile could trigger the world's first war about water, writes Alastair Leithead.

The environment secretary suggests outlawing plastic straws could be easier after Brexit.

Satellite tracking shows fishing's footprint on Earth is now over four times that of agriculture.

Billions of people still have no access to mobile services, but nano-satellites could change this.

Satellite images obtained by the BBC show that fishing continued for days after a massive oil spill

Rare chimps, leopards and pangolins have been caught on camera in the forests of Nigeria's largest national park.

Contrary to the traditional view of them as brutes, it turns out that Neanderthals enjoyed making art.

A single mutation in an immunity gene may explain why bats can carry deadly viruses and not get sick.

The US rocket company puts up two satellites to test technologies for a broadband mega-constellation.

A novel deal with donors including Leonardo DiCaprio turned public debt into conservation funding.

Britain's Stone Age population was almost completely replaced some 4,500 years ago, a study shows.

Campaigners win a third High Court victory over the UK government's plans to tackle air pollution.

Scientists scan Tasmanian tiger specimens to better understand the marsupial's development in the pouch.

Belle needed treatment for an injured leg and is Cotswold Wildlife Park's first hand-reared white rhino calf.

Since China refused last month to accept any more foreign waste for recycling, the UK is facing a challenge disposing of its plastic waste.