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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.

Which creature is taking the place of Dippy the dinosaur?

Move over Dippy - Earth's biggest animal is now the star attraction at the Natural History Museum.

Images and a short film are inserted into bacteria DNA and recovered with 90% accuracy.

The government is about to set out its position on membership of Europe's nuclear regulator after Brexit.

Why are scientists are worried about the open seas?

A block of ice a quarter the size of Wales calves from the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula.

It is six months since an independent review backed a planned £1.3bn tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay.

New rules are urgently needed to protect the open seas, scientists warn.

The invasive lionfish poses a number of threats in the Atlantic Ocean – can it be stopped by a robot?

Our ancestors could be to blame for the wide variety of human sleeping habits, from larks to night owls.

Scientists use smartphones to track and rank activity levels around the world.

The UK government formally announces a more-than-£100m investment in new satellite and rocket test facilities.

China teleports first object from the ground to satellite

We will have to wait until the second half of the century for fusion reactors to start generating electricity, experts have announced.

A whale appears to play with a pod of dolphins off the coast of Western Australia.

The World Health Organization sees developing a vaccine as vital in stopping "super-gonorrhoea".