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A group in Ontario are using animals like capybaras and kinkajous to reduce stress.

Botanists unlock the genetic workings of the tea plant, in a move that could improve flavour.

Overseas territories' ministers say Brexit is distracting the government from environmental issues.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 has launched a classified military satellite - known only as NROL-76 - into orbit.

Too much food is wasted in England and households should be helped to throw away less, MPs say.

The US president said he hoped the new order would create "thousands and thousands" of jobs.

The DNA of extinct humans can be retrieved from sediment in caves - even in the absences of skeletal remains.

The UK Government has lost a court bid to delay publication of its air pollution strategy.

Scottish Fold cats are increasingly popular, but vets are concerned about irresponsible breeding.

A study that claims humans reached the Americas 130,000 years ago, much earlier than has previously been suggested, has run into controversy.

Government rapped again for failure to tighten flood-prevention rules on new homes

New recordings show newborn humpback whales and mothers "whisper" to each other, to avoid predators.

The deepest and oldest waters on Earth are not immune from contamination, warn scientists.

Scientists have calculated the optimal strategy for throwing something accurately, even a ball of paper.

Homo naledi could be from just 200,000 years ago, not three million, a study suggests.

The probe will be out of radio contact as it dives in between the planet's rings and cloudtops.

The largest family tree of dog ever assembled shows how dogs evolved into more than 150 modern breeds.

Scientists were able to keep premature lambs alive for a month using an artificial "plastic bag" womb.

Scientists publish a new atlas of the poles, detailing the sometimes strange shapes on the ocean floor.

Sudan is a the northern white rhino, and the last chance for the survival of his species.