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The park plays host to the ominous Yellowstone volcano – a supervolcano that gets its name due to its capability...

Media playback is unsupported on your deviceVolunteers in Mauritius are scrambling to create cordons to keep leaking oil from a...

Volunteers in Mauritius are scrambling to create cordons to keep leaking oil from a tanker away from the island. MV...

The island nation of Mauritius has declared a "state of environmental emergency" after a vessel offshore began leaking oil into...

The British Antarctic Survey is scaling back its research in the polar south because of coronavirus.Only essential teams will head...

It was one of the great fireworks displays of recent cosmic history.On Feb. 23, 1987, Earth time, a massive star...

NASA's new Mars rover, which launched on July 30, has a miniature helicopter tucked inside its belly. Perseverance will be NASA's...

New Guinea has the highest plant diversity of any island in the world, botanists have discovered.The first full inventory of...

Turning wild spaces into farmland and cities has created more opportunities for animal diseases to cross into humans, scientists have...

By Tom EdgingtonBBC NewsPublishedduration18 minutes agoimage copyrightReutersNearly 3,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate - taken from a ship off the coast...