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The shrinking size of whales over the 20th Century could help scientists detect when wildlife populations are in trouble, a study suggests.

OHB and SSTL will make the next eight, possibly even the next 14, satellites for Europe's GPS.

The conservation group WWF is warning that koalas could be wiped out in some Australian states amid deforestation and increasing attacks by livestock.

Could an effort to gather genetic data from its population of one billion people help India take the lead in advanced healthcare?

The obscure and difficult to reach tracts of the seabed being claimed in the hope they contain mineral riches.

A government plan to protect the UK's £13.7bn space industry has been laid out in the Queen's Speech.

Scientists crack the problem of why two-wheeled suitcases can rock from side-to-side and turn over.

Prof Stephen Hawking has called for leading nations to send astronauts to the Moon by the end of this decade.

After decades in the planning, a space mission to detect gravitational waves finally gets the go-ahead.

A million-year-long period of volcanic activity led to the rise of the dinosaurs, a study suggests.

The domestic cat is descended from wild cats that were tamed twice - in the Near East and then Egypt.

Any Brexit changes to the UK's wildlife laws will increase - not reduce - environmental protection, Michael Gove has pledged.

Forestry researchers condemn attempts to change the way carbon from trees is counted in Europe.

Volunteer rescuers have been learning how to save marine creatures when they wash up on the beach.

Science reporter Victoria Gill joins researchers in Arizona to find out how President Trump's wall could affect endangered desert wildlife.

Nasa chief engineer Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu on the robots that are changing the world.

How President Trump's "great wall" on US-Mexico border could affect endangered desert wildlife.

Wildlife photographer Joel Sartore has photographed more than 6,000 contained species so far. He explains why.

Sir John Sulston is elevated to the Companion of Honour in the Queen’s birthday list.

It'll be a tough journey - previous robots sent in to the ruined nuclear reactor didn't make it back.