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New radio telescopes far more powerful than any used before aim to shed light on extra terrestrial activity.

Satellite images show the colossal Larsen iceberg continuing to edge away from the White Continent.

New research reveals why bigger is not always better in the animal world when it comes to speed.

World Land Speed record holder Andy Green looks forward to the first, low-speed runs of the Bloodhound supersonic car.

Scientists studied zooplankton found in a Scottish loch to better understand their behaviour.

The wildcat could be reintroduced into the UK for the first time in 1,300 years.

A mariner says there is a "raft" of plastic debris spanning 965,000 square miles in part of the South Pacific.

Scientists have dated the trees to a previous ice age 60,000 years ago, when sea levels were far lower.

A "raft" of plastic debris spanning more than 965,000 square miles is floating in the South Pacific.

Acclaimed Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani dies of breast cancer aged 40.

Six of the world's large carnivores have lost more than 90% of their historic range, new analysis says.

Chinese scientists have "teleported" a photon particle to a satellite - could humans be next?

TV broadcaster Sir David Attenborough says species have suffered "significant declines" recently.

How reducing the methane from cows is helping to fight climate change

The UK should focus on making fuel from chip fat, whiskey dregs and forest waste and not from crops like wheat

A gannet bonanza is confirmed on the towering cliffs of Yorkshire by research from the RSPB.

Polish logging in one of Europe's last remaining primeval forests is to go to the EU's top court.

At least 200 campaigners in 24 countries were killed in 2016, according to a new report from Global Witness.

A Nasa probe returns the most detailed pictures ever of one of the Solar System's biggest storms.

Home Office annual figures show that animal experiments carried out in the UK fell by 5% in 2016 against the previous year.