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Nasa to fly drone helicopter on Saturn moon
Nasa will fly a $1bn drone helicopter on Saturn’s moon, Titan, in the 2030s.
Revealed: The secret life of the spittlebug
Citizen scientists have provided a wealth of new data on an insect that makes blobs of spittle on plants.
UN talks back climate report without targets
Delegates agree a “compromise” on a key report but some say it’s a surrender to fossil fuel producers.
‘Destroyed’ Trump dunes to lose special status
The sand dunes where Donald Trump built his golf resort are to lose their special environmental status.
Tory hopefuls urged to back research
Protecting hedges boosts bat numbers
’56 lakes’ found under Greenland ice
Features
Stripes strike chord on global warming
Why are Nike trainers washing up on beaches?
Face to face with DR Congo’s deadly vipers
Using DNA to tailor medicine
‘Cryoegg’ to explore ice sheet bottom
Watch/Listen
Canada’s longest space mission ends
Should beavers be brought back across England?
Rhinos’ epic journey to freedom in Rwanda
The link between manure and beer
The women fighting for Lapland
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Ben Frampton
BBC News
The unlikely story of the African frogs that made themselves at home in a corner of Wales.
Hunters could be back in Japanese waters from 1 July, ending a three-decade halt to commercial whaling.
One London promoter believes it is. At 'Ecodisco', revellers are given metal cups on the door.
The new record, equivalent to 114.6F, was measured in southern France amid a Europe-wide heatwave.
Ancient palace revealed by receding waters in Northern Iraq
The receding waters of the Mosul reservoir dam in Kurdish Northern reveal an ancient palace from 3500 BC. Dr Ivana Puljiz from the University of Tubingen has been part of a joint project with the Kurdish Archaeology Organisation. (Photo : Aerial view of Palace; Credit : University of Tubingen)
Julian Fowler
South West Reporter, BBC News NI
Pupils at an Enniskillen school club together to buy four calves – but learn farming is unpredicatable.
The three breached an injunction banning trespassers from blocking access to a site in Lancashire.
Leaders of a dig of a prehistoric Manx site say they expect to find more 3,000-year-old items.
The protesters were blocking roads in the capital Paris to draw attention to climate change.
Unusually high temperatures are affecting large areas of Europe. Here is how to handle the heat.