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The cosmic ball of ice and dust is about to make its closest approach to our planet.

The Royal Society calls for the delivery of a UK-wide land-use framework to clear up confusion.

Scientists say the bright green comet will be visible in the night sky for almost a month.

Ministers set out plans for restoring nature amid growing criticism over pollution and wildlife decline.

Projects aimed at lowering carbon emissions are boosting growth in poorer parts of the country.

Logging and road building will be once again banned in much of Alaska's Tongass Forest.

An increase in beached whales across the US coastline has baffled researchers and environmentalists.

Take up of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme is lagging behind schedule

They say it is "perfectly understandable" that people are upset that wild camping was restricted.

About the size of a bus, the space rock will whip over the southern tip of South America.

Landowners in England will be rewarded for environmental work as well as for producing food.

Viral videos of minerals with apparent electrical properties are not what they seem.

Researchers believe gestures used by chimps and bonobos were a "starting point" for our language.

Major artists including FKA Twigs will work with children across 500 museums to create wildlife artworks.

The EU's Sentinel-2 satellite obtains a crystal clear image of Antarctica's new monster iceberg.

The new super space telescope has been studying some of the darkest, coldest regions of space.

Permission to treat sugar beet seeds with a pesticide that can harm bees is given by the government.

An indigenous community in Canada is suing for their land - and using unusual evidence in their case.

Activists say not enough has been made public about controversial plans for the outdated attraction.

Seaweed, including that from unwanted outbreaks, is increasingly being turned into useful products.