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Campaigners may want new laws to fight pollution but the remedies already exist, a new report argues.

The government wants the number to rise from 360 to 500 by 2023 but farmers are unhappy.

New research shows how vampire bats evolved to survive on a diet of blood alone.

An innovative scanning system is making it easier to find the hidden stories behind artworks.

Excessive nitrogen from sewage and livestock waste is damaging the health of marine flowering plants.

More than 100,000 of the animals have been killed since 1999.

Chemicals from everyday household products rival vehicles as a key source of urban air pollution.

Borneo has lost a "shocking" number of its great apes, according to a new survey of the island.

Scientists develop technology that goes inside the lung to make fast diagnoses of infection.

Tarli, an endangered Asian elephant, has beaten the odds to overcome an Ebola-like virus.

The probe provides access deep inside a patient’s lung, which means doctors will be able to diagnose lung conditions much quicker and more accurately.

Nitrogen pollutants from motor vehicles fell 12% from 2012 to 2016, according to official statistics.

Winning photos from the Underwater Photographer of the Year competition

Shark diving is helping tourists improve their perception about the largest predatory fish in the world.

A car launched by Elon Musk could stay in space for millions of years before hitting Earth or Venus.

Quantum computing has taken a step forward with the recent development of a silicon-based programmable quantum processor.

Alibaba rolls out a system that analyses pig squeals and coughs to improve pork production.

A scientist says the search for alien intelligence has been hit by a shortage of computer hardware.

The move comes after the 'shocking' scale of plastic waste featured on the Blue Planet II series.

Cells continue to function even after an individual dies, a discovery that could be developed into a forensic tool.