Ivory and tuna top wildlife talks
2010-03-12 23:17:19
UN wildlife negotiations begin on banning the trade in bluefin tuna and permitting sales of ivory at a two-week summit in Doha.

Apollo men decry Obama Moon plans
2010-03-12 22:34:05
Nasa Moon astronauts tell the BBC President Barack Obama's decision to cancel the US lunar programme is 'catastrophic'.

Coffee car
2010-03-12 13:20:13
The waste fuel for your motor that won't cost a lot

What happened next? Zebra puts head in hippo's mouth
2010-03-12 10:28:14
A zebra at Zurich Zoo appeared doomed when visitors saw its head in the mouth of a hippo, but it was only cleaning its teeth.

Powering up
2010-03-12 06:46:46
Japan's home fuel-cell tech to take on Europe

Climate linked to smaller birds
2010-03-12 05:05:45
Songbirds on the US east coast are becoming smaller, a trend thought to be driven by climate changes.

Siberian tigers die at China zoo
2010-03-12 03:03:37
Eleven rare Siberian tigers die at a zoo in north-eastern China, raising fears over treatment of captive animals in the country.

Decapitated group 'were Vikings'
2010-03-11 19:00:57
Fifty-one decapitated skeletons found in a burial pit in Dorset were those of Scandinavian Vikings, scientists say.

Thalidomide effect mystery solved
2010-03-11 14:45:27
The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.

The brain scan that can 'see people's memories'
2010-03-11 12:07:07
Scientists say they have been able to tell which past event a person is recalling using a brain scan.

Half-cock chicken mystery solved
2010-03-11 07:08:39
Researchers in Edinburgh say they have solved the mystery of why some chickens hatch out half-male and half-female.

Parched island
2010-03-11 06:22:16
Politicians look away as Cyprus dies of drought

Japan protest over tuna ban plan
2010-03-11 05:46:45
Japan voices opposition to a proposed ban on international trade in bluefin tuna, after the EU backs the plan.

In pictures: Bear power
2010-03-11 04:53:20
The European brown bear's love of electricity and telegraph poles is helping scientists gain new insights into its behaviour.

Scientists to review climate body
2010-03-10 17:06:03
The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.

EU to back bluefin tuna trade ban
2010-03-10 15:57:43
EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.

Starling flock 'falls from sky'
2010-03-10 11:44:05
Mystery surrounds the deaths of 75 starlings which fell from the sky on to the driveway of a Somerset house.

Science 'is a key election issue'
2010-03-10 07:58:22
The science spokesmen of the three main political parties cross swords on the issue of UK research funding.

World's largest meat-eating plant prefers to eat... small animal poo
2010-03-10 04:29:27
The largest meat-eating plant in the world is designed not to eat small animals, but small animal poo, scientists discover.

Huge meat-eater plant prefers poo
2010-03-10 04:29:27
The largest meat-eating plant in the world is designed not to eat small animals, but small animal poo, scientists discover.