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A scheme that aims to re-establish one of King Henry III's favourite fish in the River Severn is given nearly £20m in funding.

Campaigners believe a long-standing proposal to establish a vast marine protected area (MPA) in the waters around Antarctica will be accepted this week.

Global wildlife populations have fallen by 58% since 1970, according to a biodiversity report.

Two strong earthquakes hit central Italy, damaging buildings and sending people into the streets.

Misleading "live" video from the International Space Station stuns the internet.

One of the most demonised patients in history - Gaetan Dugas - has been convincingly cleared of reports he spread HIV to the US, say scientists.

A $100m initiative to listen for radio signals from aliens is targeting a star with an unusual dimming pattern.

Scientists are planning to release millions of modified mosquitoes in urban areas of Brazil and Colombia, in an effort to tackle Zika, dengue and chikungunya viruses.

A Dundee-born scientist dies in Antarctica after the snowmobile he was driving fell into a crevasse.

Millions of pounds are being spent unblocking drains all because of wet wipes being flushed down the toilet.

Training mums and dads as "super parents" can dramatically improve a child's autism, a study shows.

A parrot fossil has been discovered in Siberia - the furthest north these birds have ever been found.

The Prince of Wales is joining an Anglo-French initiative to improve the condition of the world's soils.

Scientists have carried out their first test flight of a project to measure UK air pollution from the air.

The International Energy Agency says that the world's capacity to generate electricity from renewable sources has now overtaken coal.

Science Minister Jo Johnson and Prof Martyn Poliakoff mix politics and science to look at carbon dioxide and the acidification of oceans.

The mysterious hexagon at Saturn's northern pole has changed colour from blue to gold, scientists have said.

2016 is likely to be the first year in recorded history in which levels of CO2 in the atmosphere remain above the symbolically important threshold of 400 parts per million.

Canadian scientists use drones to capture rare whale footage in the Arctic.

The gouge in the ground likely made by Europe's Schiaparelli probe as it hit the surface of Mars on Wednesday has been imaged by an American satellite.