- BBC Science/Nature
- 11/1/21 13:39
A top EU legal adviser warns the French government that it must do more to protect endangered hamsters near Strasbourg in eastern France.
A top EU legal adviser warns the French government that it must do more to protect endangered hamsters near Strasbourg in eastern France.
The biggest rocket ever to launch from the US West Coast has lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a classified mission.
A 'body-snatching' worm infects caterpillars and then turns them red, the first parasite known to change its host's colour to avoid being eaten.
A Taser stun weapon designed to be used on large animals like bears, moose and elk has been unveiled in America.
A 160-million-year-old fossil of a flying reptile and an egg found in China allows scientists to sex pterosaurs for the first time.
Spanish scientists document the fascinating behaviour of black kites which decorate their nests with large amounts of white plastic rubbish.
River experts claim they have finally found the precise source of the River Tay, the longest river in Scotland.
THURSDAY 20. JANUARY 2011
Could Europe's recession lead to a shale gas boom?
Officers from the Environment Agency and City of London police arrest three men on suspicion of disposing of used tyres illegally.
The World Meteorological Organization ranks 2010 as the warmest year since 1850, saying it "confirms" global warming.
All carbon trading in Europe is halted as the European Commission investigates thefts of emissions permits.
Officials seize a huge haul of illegal ape parts in Gabon, says campaign group WWF.
A Canadian company announces a plan to put 78 small satellites in orbit to link remote regions to the internet's fibre backbone.
Museums 'shuffle' rarely seen artefacts as part of new exhibition
Explorer Bruce Parry has recently travelled to the Arctic and tells Today that it could become a new environmental battleground.
Experiments on a tiny nematode worm have revealed why some creatures produce far more female than male offspring.
A Swedish family have won a competition that entitles them to a six-month stay in an eco-house in an effort to dramatically reduce their carbon footprint.
A US astronaut loses his place on the next space shuttle mission next month, after taking a tumble off his bicycle.
How art has shaped our view of the natural world
Curators from five leading UK cultural and scientific institutions explain the objects they are displaying, in the First Time Out exhibition
Fraudsters are targeting climate scientists with online invitations to book accommodation at fake conferences, often supposedly to be held in London.
WEDNESDAY 19. JANUARY 2011
The Commons Science and Technology Committee is to hold an inquiry into the closure of the UK government-owned Forensic Science Service (FSS).
The risk of financial meltdown is underestimated in the regulation of banks, according to a study in Nature journal.
Amoebas, some of the most primitive life forms known on Earth, engage in a type of "farming", taking food with them as they disperse.
Is keeping to 'safe' CO2 targets an impossible task?