- BBC Science/Nature
- 11/10/12 11:13
Rodent fossils found in Peru are at least 41 million years old - South America's oldest - and indicate an African origin.
Rodent fossils found in Peru are at least 41 million years old - South America's oldest - and indicate an African origin.
A documentary about the impact of overfishing wins a new award honouring films that make a significant impact on society.
BP draws up contingency plans to tackle an oil spill off Shetland, twice the size of its Deepwater Horizon disaster.
A Stirling University researcher connects relationship satisfaction with the oral contraception used by women.
An Edinburgh-based company is among developers who have secured leases for areas of the seabed, including off the Western Isles.
The captain of a container ship that ran aground off the coast of New Zealand and is leaking fuel oil has been arrested and charged, officials say.
A group of scientists in Cornwall are measuring how grains of sands move up and down the beach and then adapting coastal defences in response to their findings.
Meerkats recognise another member of their social group by the sound of their voice, according to scientists.
In the city where doctors first pioneered ultrasound the same technology is now being used to treat broken bones.
Australia's lower house of parliament passes a controversial carbon tax measure, with an upper house vote in favour expected next month.
TUESDAY 11. OCTOBER 2011
A species of bee believed to be extinct in Britain is found in East Sussex 65 years after it was last seen.
The famous nature presenter Sir David Attenborough has predicted that one day you will be able to smell, as well as see what's on your TV.
The Fukushima disaster provides no reason to restrict UK nuclear reactors or stop building new ones, the official nuclear regulator has concluded
A salamander can shoot out its elastic tongue at extremely high speeds, even when its body temperature drops, slow-motion footage reveals.
The oil leaking from a stranded cargo ship off New Zealand has become the country's worst maritime environmental disaster, the government says.
A pioneering British expedition to sample a lake under the Antarctic ice hopes to find unknown forms of life and clues to future climate impacts.
The Open Air Laboratories project is encouraging people to go bug hunting in a bid to find out more about these creatures.
Technology takes on India's counterfeit drug trade
A pioneering British expedition to sample a lake under the Antarctic ice sheet could find new forms of life and clues to climate change.
Born on the sliding sex scale
The government's "schizophrenic attitude" to climate change is undermining investor confidence in low-carbon industries, a committee of MPs warns.
Up to 10 times more oil than originally estimated is now thought to be leaking from a cargo ship stranded on a reef off the New Zealand coast, officials say.
Breathtaking images of glacial shrinkage in the Himalayas
MONDAY 10. OCTOBER 2011
A billion pixels for a billion stars
The largest virus yet discovered - bigger than some bacteria - is isolated from sea water pulled up off the coast of Chile.