Spotted handfish: Saving Tasmania’s unusual ‘walking’ species

The spotted handfish is critically endangered and found only in a small area of Tasmania.

Brazil dam collapse: The crucial questions

The full story of the Brumadinho dam disaster could take many months to emerge, the BBC's…

Fighting ‘all you can eat’ waste and waistlines

The UN wants to cut down on food waste amid rising concerns about obesity. Here's how…

Fighting ‘all you can eat’ waste

The UN wants to halve the amount of food we waste. Here's how one hotel in…

MIT develops robot that uses AI to play Jenga game

Developed by a team at MIT, the robot uses AI and may be used in industrial…

French rugby players’ deaths raise concern over safety

French rugby is currently under a shadow cast by the deaths of four players in the…

Thailand pollution crisis: The city where face masks sell out

Schools are closed and the government's deploying drones to deal with the problem.

Shark on UK plates highlights trade in endangered species

You could be unwittingly eating sharks that are on the brink of extinction, a study suggests.

‘Great American Dying’ cooled Earth’s climate

European settlement of the Americas killed so many people, it disturbed Earth's climate.

Polar vortex: What is it and how does it happen?

The deep freeze gripping much of the US has been blamed on a polar vortex. Here's…