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LOS ANGELES — Once again we have entered the time of the winter solstice — when daylight is scarce and the creeping darkness seems to whisper: Slow down. Turn inward. Fortify yourself against the long, cold night ahead.

When a hydropower dam in Argentina threatened to wipe out the hooded grebe, a bird found nowhere else on Earth, a local fishing community turned to the law for help.

To slow and reverse the fastest loss of Earth’s living things since the dinosaurs, almost 200 countries have signed an agreement in Montreal, Canada, promising to live in harmony with nature by 2050. The Kunming-Montreal agreement is not legally binding but it will require signatories to report their progress towards…

Earth's average temperature has been rising for years.

It could be the end of the red dusty line for NASA's InSight lander on Mars

As we take a deeper dive into Pandora’s depths will this turn out to be The Empire Strikes Back of the seven-film saga?

Jupiter doesn't have seasons, but it does have regular warm and cool cycles, according to 36 years of data from Voyager, Cassini, and ground-based telescopes.

Several Christmas traditions have roots in the ancient Yule festival

The spacecraft will provide insights into how oceans influence climate change and how a warming world affects lakes and rivers

Countryfile presenter Helen Skelton has been living her best life on Strictly since September, but she was back to mummy duties this week as she joked about her chaotic food shop with her three little ones

InSight's four-year mission is winding down as Martian dust covers the lander's solar panels, draining its power.