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Local residents take part in a day-long experiment to cut traffic and improve air quality.

Newly discovered fossils in Germany shed light on the emergence of butterflies and moths.

Theresa May will launch a 25-year plan to improve the environment but green groups say it has no legal force.

Astronomers have shed more light on a mysterious source of recurring radio pulses from space.

Governor Rick Scott successfully fights off President Trump's plans, with more opposition expected.

A telescope inside a jumbo jet yields new insights on how stars are born from collapsing gas and dust.

Corner shops could be told to charge shoppers for single-use carrier bags under new government plans.

Norishige Kanai says he has actually grown 2cm in space in three weeks, blaming a measuring mistake.

A marine biologist says a humpback whale saved her from a shark during a recent research expedition

The reptiles employ a clever trick when the water they live in freezes over

Who is the new man in charge of higher education in England?

Green sea turtles' gender is temperature dependent and there are now too many females.

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A final batch order is raised for the Ariane 5 - the workhorse European rocket of the last 20 years.

Tourists are flocking to see the giant water lilies, which locals had thought were extinct.

Norishige Kanai says he is worried he will not be able fit in his Soyuz seat for the return to Earth.

Almost a decade in the making, it sets out how seas should be used and protected in the next 20 years.

BBC to review policy of allowing ivory items on the show amid criticism from a wildlife campaigner.

Scientists show how the floating fronts of Antarctic glaciers respond to events in the tropical Pacific.

Fires, hurricanes and other weather and climate disasters last year cost the US around $306bn in losses.