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.

Images from space show there were nearly 7,000 in July - a rise of 28% on the same period last year.

In Bradford, community schemes offer a novel approach to promoting healthy lifestyles.

Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken's SpaceX capsule will make the first crewed US water landing in 45 years.

An underwater webcam in the port of Miami has become a lockdown sensation thanks to its tailless star 'Oval'.

Kenyan activist Phyllis Omido has been ignored, harassed and arrested, but she never gave up.

German manufacturer OHB-System signs a €445m contract to build a greenhouse gas monitoring system.

BBC Click's Jen Copestake looks at the best of the week's technology stories.

Last year was remarkable for high temperatures and severe swings, according to the Met Office.

Until recently, the city was seen as a poster child in its handling of the pandemic. What went wrong?

Getting to the Red Planet is challenging, and so it working out how many have failed.

The Ugandan hunter said that he had killed the animal in self defence when he was attacked.

Review of UK mammals finds that a quarter of native species are at "imminent threat of extinction".

Concerns grow as Nile River nations fail to reach a deal on how to share the vital waters.

Ingenuity is a 1.8kg (4lb) helicopter that will ride to Mars attached to the belly of Nasa's Perseverance.

Archaeologists have pinpointed the source of the stones to an area 15 miles north of the site.