Staff are pulled out once again amid ongoing uncertainty surrounding the stability of nearby ice.

Australia agrees to discard of one million tonnes of waste in world's largest coral reef.

60% of the world's meteorites have been found in Antarctica. But what's it like for those who have to look for them?

Britain has a new order of insects - thanks to stowaways setting up home in the warmth of a glasshouse.

The first British-led expedition to gather space rocks in the Antarctic returns with 36 objects.

A London-based start-up's multi-billion-pound project to take the web everywhere gets off the ground.

What is causing the multiple February wildfires and is this the new normal?

A pair of "off-the-shelf" servers sent up to the International Space Station have still not returned to Earth.

The Met Office records 21.2C in London's Kew Gardens, making the UK warmer than hot spots like Ibiza.

Scotsman Dave Mackay piloted Virgin Galactic's rocket plane to 90km above California's Mojave Desert.

A new image from Japan's Hayabusa-2 spacecraft reveals a dark splodge where it touched down on the surface of an asteroid last week.

A study confirms one of the last elephant sanctuaries in Africa has "a significant poaching problem".

Scottish pilot Dave Mackay pushes Virgin Galactic's rocket plane faster and higher than it's ever been.

A government report recommends lifting a four-year ban on hunting elephants.

A giant bee, thought lost to science decades ago, has been re-discovered on an Indonesian island.

The privately backed Beresheet robot leaves Earth on a mission to land on the lunar surface in April.

The Hayabusa-2 probe descended to the Ryugu asteroid to try to collect a sample from its surface.

Two students take up the challenge of repairing, reusing and recycling clothes for London Fashion Week.

Reports show many insect populations are declining. How will that affect us?

A collection of images spanning 64 years has been described as the "historical Google Earth".