Nasa has released a striking photo of a rectangular iceberg floating in the Weddell Sea off…
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Shipwreck found in Black Sea is ‘world’s oldest intact’
A Greek merchant ship dating back more than 2,400 years is found almost perfectly preserved.
Anti-plastic focus ‘dangerous distraction’ from climate change
Riverford vegetable box boss says more focus should be on cutting carbon, not demonising plastic.
‘Super-sized’ mice threaten seabird colonies with extinction
Overgrown mice are killing millions of chicks on the remote Gough Island in the South Atlantic.
Legendary team’s 1921 Everest album
Newly digitised pictures shine light on the first British reconnaissance trip to Everest, in 1921.
‘Headless chicken sea monster’ filmed swimming off East Antarctica
A deep-sea swimming sea cucumber has been filmed in the Southern Ocean off East Antarctica for…
Brazil museum fire: Prized ‘Luzia’ fossil skull recovered
It was feared that Luzia, a 12,000-year-old fossil, had been totally lost in the Brazil fire.
Poralia rufescens jellyfish spotted off coast of California
The Poralia rufescens is swimming off the coast of southern California in the Pacific Ocean.
‘Fake moon’
The sci-fi plan would use giant mirrors in space to light city streets, but scientists are…
Plastic recycling firms accused of abusing market
The Environment Agency is probing claims exporters are abusing the recycled plastics market.