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Experts warn any spill could severely affect marine life, seabirds, and fragile ecosystems in and around the Humber Estuary

Scientists said the young pterosaur would have had a wingspan of more than 6 feet

Around one in six students in British higher education are educated offshore, according to the report.

Guide aims to help farmers considering agroforestry, which officials say can deliver benefits to environment and farm businesses.

Changes announced in the Budget around employers’ national insurance contributions will cost the sector around £372m, it has been suggested.

Victims say ‘water was already here’ by the time warning was issued, as military prepares to start searching worst-hit areas

An analysis of around a dozen teenagers who lived during the Paleolithic reveals that they hit puberty around the same time modern teens do.

Ice Age teenagers entered puberty at roughly the same age as teens today

Polymer hydrogels interfaced with an electrode array prove capable of 'learning' how to get higher scores.

Researchers say their creation has memory, which it can use to perform better by gaining experience

Built in 1913 as a naval radio station, the Shetland Isles’ Met Office at Lerwick provides the temperature reading you see on the top right-hand corner of the UK weather map. The site became part of the Met Office network in 1921 and began regular meteorological and magnetic recording, which…