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A house-sized asteroid is set to pass close to the Earth allowing scientists to rehearse future strike threats.

An Antarctic ice shelf is shown to have a deep gorge cut in its underside by warm ocean water.

Past mass extinctions have the potential to guide modern conservation efforts, say scientists.

A team of British scientists fly around Iceland's volcanoes to find out how to avoid future air traffic disruption.

We continue to buy new clothes at an incredible rate. How can manufacturers reduce fashion's environmental footprint?

The sighting in North Ronaldsay is believed to be the first time an adult male Siberian blue robin has been seen in the UK.

Black carbon trapped in the feathers of songbirds gives new insight into historic US air quality.

Key modifications for flight happened as early as 120 million years ago, a fossil discovery suggests.

UK scientists will take a ship to explore waters exposed by a huge new iceberg in the Antarctic.

Almost two thirds of mussels in the sea around Kent are contaminated with plastic particles, research has shown.

British scientists played a key role in developing radar, which has helped deliver safer skies.

Teams from around the world are competing on solar cars in an epic transcontinental race.

A conservation project in Papua New Guinea could help secure the future for Britain's biggest butterfly.

RSPB Minsmere has about 200 red deer, one of the largest wild herds outside Scotland.

The Toronto Zoo releases a compilation video of their giant panda cubs falling and tumbling.

Weather scientists first mistook the radar pattern to be birds, and turned to social media for help.

Conservation groups welcome government proposals for a full-scale ban on sales and exports.

The SS Thistlegorm, a British merchant steam ship, was hit by a German bomber in 1941.

The US vice-president expresses the intention for America to send humans back to the lunar surface.

A new study finds traces of neonicotinoid chemicals in 75% of honey samples from across the world.