King Charles sends Attenborough a birthday message with help from 'friends'

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Animals help King Charles deliver a birthday card to Sir David Attenborough for his 100th birthday celebration.

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Orangutan crossing a bridge in the forest.

Watch: How one orangutan braved new bridge to unite his split community

The forest where the Sumatran orangutans live has been split by a road.

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Orion capsule hatch door being opened

New footage shows moment Orion capsule hatch is opened at sea

Newly released video shows the moment the hatch of Artemis II's Orion capsule is unlocked to a joyful reunion with the four astronauts.

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Steve Backshall split screen with two orcas

'Unbelievable!': Backshall overjoyed at rare sighting of orcas

Steve Backshall spotted two of the UK's last surviving orcas which he described as one of his "greatest British wildlife moments".

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Eiffel tower split screen of lights on and off

Watch: Iconic global landmarks turn off lights for Earth Hour

France's Eiffel Tower and Barcelona's Sagrada Família Basilica were among the famous global landmarks that went dark for an hour on Saturday night.

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Artemis II rocket lit up at night

Watch timelapse of Artemis II rocket rollout to launch pad

The 98m tall Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft made a four mile journey from their assembly building to Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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An emergency services car parked across a snow-covered rural road in fog

Tenerife hit by snow as Storm Therese batters Canary Islands

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BBC journalist split screen with two astronauts.

What happens in space during a medical emergency?

BBC science correspondent Pallab Ghosh explains what happens if an astronaut gets ill in space.

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Northern Light as seen from space. The circular outline of Earth is lit up in a green and red glow.

Watch: Stunning celestial events that lit up the skies in 2025

From meteor showers to supermoons, here are some of the sights that wowed stargazers this year.

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Haggis the pygmy hippopotamus

Zoo celebrates arrival of Haggis the pygmy hippo

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A flooded road.

Flood alerts as Storm Benjamin hits South East

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Matt Taylor presenting weather forecast

Watch: Weather forecast as Storm Benjamin hits England and Wales

The Met Office has issued yellow severe weather warnings for both wind and rain.

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Drs Xand and Chris Van Tulleken sit in a forest listening to Baroness Kathy Willis.

'Nature should run through a city the same way that water does'

Baroness Kathy Willis talks about the importance of green and blue spaces in cities.

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Rebecca Morelle in a red jacket inside a laboratory, and an ice sample being scraped

Inside the lab analysing the world's oldest ice

Studying samples from the ice sheet gives an environmental record of over a million years.

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Jane Goodall in her later life, kissing a baby chimp

Watch: Jane Goodall tells BBC how she became interested in animals

The animal rights activist has died aged 91, after a pioneering career studying chimps.

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Water voles reintroduced to River Wey

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Is Trump right about wind power and UK energy bills?

President Trump has suggested this week that wind power is the reason for rising energy bills in the UK. BBC Verify's Ben Chu takes a look at the data.

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A Giant Galapagos tortoise in a split screen with two capybaras on the right

Watch: London Zoo's capybaras and tortoises on weigh-in day

London Zoo in Regent's Park holds its annual animal weigh-in, with zookeepers weighing and measuring over 10,000 animals to monitor their health and wellbeing.

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A young man with brown hair and a blue top.