'Living space' key for evolution
2010-08-23 17:26:16
Charles Darwin may have been wrong to argue that competition was the major driver of evolution, a study suggests.

Kenya makes massive ivory seizure
2010-08-23 11:18:27
Some two tonnes of ivory and five rhino horns are seized in Kenya's main airport in boxes labelled as avocados for export to Malaysia.

Gandalf's homing instinct kicks in
2010-08-23 08:57:51
Gandalf, the vulture who decided to go absent without leave during an airshow in Cumbernauld last Tuesday, has returned home

Monkey becomes master nut-breaker
2010-08-23 08:11:51
A rhesus monkey is observed inventing a new way to break coconuts, giving him a monopoly over a precious food source.

Beer bugs live 553 days in space
2010-08-23 07:36:51
Microbes taken from a cliff face in the English fishing village of Beer survive for a year-and-a-half on the outside of the International Space Station.

Home efficiency
2010-08-23 06:59:43
Experts build a house to test energy-saving technologies

What happened to the space rocks?
2010-08-23 06:48:35
Bacteria taken from cliffs at Beer on the South Coast have shown themselves to be hardy space travellers.

Digital DNA
2010-08-23 05:45:03
The sketch that helped discover the 'secret of life'

Aliens 'may be thinking machines'
2010-08-22 19:16:46
The hunt for aliens should allow for the fact that ETs may be thinking machines rather than like us, a leading researcher says.

Stranded whales buried in New Zealand
2010-08-22 09:16:11
Forty-nine pilot whales have been buried on a northern New Zealand beach following a two-day struggle by more than 200 rescuers to save them.

Walking Icelandic volcano's lava fields
2010-08-22 01:55:24
Hikers are once again walking on the slopes of the crater, where they are discovering some dramatic changes to the landscape.

Last stand?
2010-08-21 19:16:37
Fresh outbreak threatens UK's remaining English elms

Data blow to gravity satellite
2010-08-21 18:22:33
The European Space Agency is battling to recover its Goce gravity satellite which has been struck by a second computer glitch, blocking data delivery to Earth.

Saving the mussels
2010-08-20 13:14:58
NI could face EU fines over horse mussels in Strangford Lough

Study tracks ocean plastic spread
2010-08-20 09:47:18
US researchers measure the amount of plastic accumulating in a region of the Atlantic Ocean over a 22-year period.

Dozens of stranded NZ whales die
2010-08-20 07:20:53
Some 58 pilot whales die after being stranded on a northern New Zealand coast, as volunteers battle to save remaining survivors.

Greenfinch population plummeting
2010-08-20 06:56:27
A decline in the greenfinch population in the eastern counties has been blamed on an infectious disease.

Chernobyl decline linked to DNA
2010-08-20 05:17:58
Scientists working in Chernobyl find a way to predict which species are likely to be most severely damaged by radioactive contamination.

Universe 'likely to grow forever'
2010-08-19 14:33:04
A galactic magnifying glass shows the Universe will probably expand forever, resulting in a slow death.

Oil leak leaves undersea residue
2010-08-19 14:04:48
A study of the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil leak confirms the presence of a residue of toxic chemicals below the sea surface.