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The great apes are proposed as gifts for palm oil importers, but conservationists voice concerns.

Every single day of the past 12 months has seen a new global sea temperature high for the time of year.

First crewed space flight of Boeing's Starliner was postponed shortly before lift-off due to glitch.

Midges blown from northern Europe could spread a serious virus across farms in England, experts warn.

New research links algal blooming at England's largest lake with increased visitor numbers

Two Nasa astronauts are due to set off to the International Space Station in a new spacecraft in the early hours of Tuesday morning UK time.

It’s the first time a medieval animal has been identified as a host for the disease.

Activists argued that the plan for cutting emissions would not meet the UK's climate targets.

It is the first time a creature in the wild has been seen using a medicinal plant to treat a wound.

Scientists build a 3D model of one of our evolutionary cousins from the pieces of a shattered skull.

The research aimed at lovers of white bread has been funded by the government to improve the health benefits of UK food.

Scientists make a self-destructing plastic using plastic-eating bacteria in a sci-fi like development.

Water-based sports across the UK are uniting to call on the government to take urgent action to address pollution in rivers, lakes and coastal waters.

China has taken big stakes in mines across the world extracting minerals vital to the green economy.

Saylor Class had complained of "monsters in the wall" of her room at their farmhouse in Charlotte, North Carolina.

A wildfire-fuelled ozone hole leaves Antarctic wildlife exposed to potentially damaging levels of UV.

A Tokyo company's satellite encounters a big lump of space debris high above the Earth.

A first-of-its-kind study shows conservation is worth investing in, researchers say.

A first-of-its-kind study shows conservation is worth investing in, researchers say.

Nasa says its most distant probe is once again sending usable information back to Earth.