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Arab nations join forces with African countries in a bid to suppress the illegal live trade in cheetahs, with a special focus on social media.

Mission control in Darmstadt, Germany, react to confirmation that the Rosetta probe has ended its mission to Comet 67P by crash-landing on to the icy object's surface.

Professor Monica Grady of the Open University gives her reaction to the Rosetta probe crash landing into the comet it has been studying for two years.

Where now for British scientists and plans to explore the galaxy?

Europe’s Rosetta probe ends its mission to Comet 67P by crash-landing on to the icy object’s surface.

Safeguards to the UK's domestic marine life should be as strong as they are around Britain’s overseas territories, conservationists say.

Science editor David Shukman goes on board the plane measuring the jet stream to find out how it affects our weather.

The Rosetta probe, which has been beaming back spectacular pictures of a comet, is to end its journey by crash landing.

A new database suggests a dramatic under-reporting of the live, illegal trade in great apes including orangutans, chimpanzees and gorilllas.

The audacious Rosetta mission has been commanded to its investigation of Comet 67P by crashing into the 4km-wide ball of ice and dust.

A reptile that lived 200 million years ago is rewriting the rulebooks on how four-legged animals conquered the world.

The European Commission takes the UK to court for failure to allocate safe marine areas for harbour porpoises.

A campaign is urging young people to share their thoughts and ideas via social media on the future of the UK's parks and open spaces.

Campaigners call for reform as figures reveal taxpayers are paying more than £400,000 a year to subsidise a Saudi billionaire's farm.

A little known species driven to the edge of extinction by poaching, has gained extra protection at the Cites meeting in South Africa.

Projected climate change is set to happen too quickly for grass species, including major food crops, to adapt to the new conditions, a study suggests.

Europe's only non-human primate, the Barbary Macaque is likely to gain the highest level of protection at the Cites meeting in South Africa.

Garden ponds are playing a role in the spread of deadly frog diseases across the UK, a study suggests.

British conservationist Sacha Dench is on the first leg of an epic 4,500 mile paramotor flight following migrating swans.

A blue topaz stone, thought to be the largest-ever, is to go on permanent loan to the Natural History Museum in London.