The Planet Earth-observation company releases new imagery of Canada's broken Milne Ice Shelf.

Huge stocks of greenhouse gases tied up in peatlands could be released as the world warms.

European spacecraft track in fine detail the thinning that's occurred at the continent's edge.

A metal detectorist discovers a rare hoard of Bronze Age artefacts during an expedition near Peebles.

Covid-19 has changed the world - are we winning or is the virus still taking hold, and when will it end?

A dive instructor has recorded his ‘special moment’ with a humpback whale.

Environmentalist Dr Stephen Marsh-Smith led efforts to establish a network of river trusts.

The MV Wakashio, which ran aground on a coral reef on 25 July, is now leaking oil off the island.

People enhancing their gardens during lockdown may not realise some plants have insecticides.

Mauritius declares a state of emergency after Japanese-owned carrier MV Wakashio starts leaking oil.

Keeping Covid out of Antarctica means little research will be done on the continent in 2020-2021.

New research says that the lockdown, by itself, will make little difference to climate change.

UK peatland emissions could cancel out all carbon reductions from new and existing forests.

The first checklist of plants found on the tropical island of New Guinea reveals incredible plant diversity.

Fifteen beaver families have been given a permanent home on the River Otter in East Devon.

Turning wild spaces into farmland or cities creates opportunities for diseases to cross into humans.

A prototype of the engine for SpaceX's next-generation Starship vehicle has made a 150m test "hop".

Ammonium nitrate has been blamed for a deadly explosion in Beirut, but what exactly is the chemical?

A search from space discovers new colonies of the Antarctic bird that has an uncertain future.

Knocking down defunct structures sends a wrecking ball through carbon targets, architects say.

Dr Maria Morell studies their ears to discover if hearing damage led to their death.

Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley describe returning to Earth from the ISS in SpaceX's vehicle.

British scientist James Lovelock says population growth means something like the virus is "almost inevitable".

Astrophysicist Katie Mack has been researching The End of Everything.

Several carnivorous animals have almost disappeared from areas set up to protect giant pandas.

Samples will be checked for signs of the virus, to get early warnings of spikes in infection levels.

A new campaign says the government should ban adverts for large cars like sports utility vehicles.

The woman is in a "serious but stable condition" after being hit by the shark's tail while snorkelling.

August marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.