BBC

Subscribe to BBC feed BBC
BBC News - Science & Environment
Updated: 43 min 24 sec ago

RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2024: Your pictures

Sat, 2024-01-27 12:40
The world's biggest wildlife citizen science project is back, here is a selection of your photos.
Categories: Around The Web

RSPB Birdwatch 2024: Fewer wild birds visiting UK gardens

Fri, 2024-01-26 11:51
Greenfinches, sparrows and starlings have declined the most but other species including goldfinches are thriving.
Categories: Around The Web

Hermit crabs are 'wearing' our plastic rubbish

Fri, 2024-01-26 10:06
Hermit crabs all over the world are using our discarded plastic and other waste in place of their natural shells.
Categories: Around The Web

Ingenuity: Damage puts end to ground-breaking Mars helicopter mission

Fri, 2024-01-26 08:37
The first vehicle to achieve powered flight on another planet suffers rotor damage three years into tour.
Categories: Around The Web

European mission approved to detect cosmic ripples

Fri, 2024-01-26 00:25
The Lisa project to detect gravitational waves will be one of the most complex ever space missions.
Categories: Around The Web

Stricken Japanese Moon mission landed on its nose

Thu, 2024-01-25 18:35
The first image of the Slim spacecraft shows it to be in an awkward position on the lunar surface.
Categories: Around The Web

Amazon's record drought driven by climate change

Thu, 2024-01-25 03:37
The world's largest rainforest protects us from climate change but deforestation has left it vulnerable.
Categories: Around The Web

Amazon's record drought driven by climate change

Thu, 2024-01-25 03:37
The world's largest rainforest protects us from climate change but deforestation has left it vulnerable.
Categories: Around The Web

World's first IVF rhino pregnancy 'could save species'

Wed, 2024-01-24 21:02
A fertility breakthrough offers hope for saving the northern white rhino from extinction.
Categories: Around The Web

Four new emperor penguin groups found by satellite

Wed, 2024-01-24 11:50
Scientists track down what are probably the last unidentified Antarctic emperor penguin colonies.
Categories: Around The Web

New coffee genetic map promises better brews

Wed, 2024-01-24 02:02
The discovery reveals how Arabica coffee got its sweet flavour and may help future-proof the drink.
Categories: Around The Web

Japan hopes sunlight can save stricken Slim Moon lander

Mon, 2024-01-22 20:43
The Slim spacecraft was switched off after failing to generate power - but the Sun may now revive it.
Categories: Around The Web

Japan lands on Moon but glitch threatens mission

Sat, 2024-01-20 05:24
It becomes only the fifth country to soft-land on the Moon but power supply problems may hinder its mission.
Categories: Around The Web

Bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticide has emergency approval again

Fri, 2024-01-19 05:04
Permission to treat sugar beet seeds with a pesticide that can harm bees is given by the government.
Categories: Around The Web

Unseen images of code breaking computer that helped win WW2

Thu, 2024-01-18 10:02
Intelligence agency GCHQ say pictures of Colossus a reminder of the UK ingenuity that helped defeat Hitler.
Categories: Around The Web

Peregrine lander: US Moon mission on course for fiery destruction

Thu, 2024-01-18 10:01
The hobbled Peregrine Moon lander will be forced to burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
Categories: Around The Web

Fly-tipping forces landowners to turn farms into 'forts'

Thu, 2024-01-18 00:06
Despite a drop in fly-tipping on public land, farmers say they are being targeted by criminal gangs.
Categories: Around The Web

Flood defence policy flawed, say MPs

Wed, 2024-01-17 11:21
Cross-party committee says government has not built enough new flood defences or properly maintained the old ones.
Categories: Around The Web

Cloned rhesus monkey created to speed medical research

Wed, 2024-01-17 02:00
Researchers say it will speed up drug testing but animal rights campaigners have grave concerns.
Categories: Around The Web

A23a: Spectacular arches, caves as monster iceberg decays

Tue, 2024-01-16 11:33
The world's biggest iceberg, A23a, is experiencing rapid decay as it moves through the Southern Ocean.
Categories: Around The Web

Pages