How reducing the methane from cows is helping to fight climate change
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The farmer helping to cut cow farts
Waste products, not crops, key to boosting UK biofuels
The UK should focus on making fuel from chip fat, whiskey dregs and forest waste and not from crops like wheat
Gannet bonanza on Yorkshire cliffs
A gannet bonanza is confirmed on the towering cliffs of Yorkshire by research from the RSPB.
Bialowieza Forest: Poland sued over ancient woods logging
Polish logging in one of Europe's last remaining primeval forests is to go to the EU's top court.
Record number of environmental activists killed around the world
At least 200 campaigners in 24 countries were killed in 2016, according to a new report from Global Witness.
Behold Jupiter's Great Red Spot
A Nasa probe returns the most detailed pictures ever of one of the Solar System's biggest storms.
UK animal experiments fall by 5% - annual figures
Home Office annual figures show that animal experiments in the UK fell by 5% in 2016.
Timelapse of museum's new star attraction
Which creature is taking the place of Dippy the dinosaur?
Blue whale takes centre-stage at Natural History Museum
Move over Dippy - Earth's biggest animal is now the star attraction at the Natural History Museum.
Gif and image written into the DNA of bacteria
Images and a short film are inserted into bacteria DNA and recovered with 90% accuracy.
Swansea tidal lagoon review head Charles Hendry 'hopeful'
It is six months since an independent review backed a planned £1.3bn tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay.
Splitting the atom
The government is about to set out its position on membership of Europe's nuclear regulator after Brexit.
Do the oceans need new rules?
Why are scientists are worried about the open seas?
Giant iceberg splits from Antarctic
A block of ice a quarter the size of Wales calves from the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula.
'Make new rules' to save the oceans
New rules are urgently needed to protect the open seas, scientists warn.