Bat and moth arms race revealed
2010-08-19 13:06:25
A pair of studies cast light on a new strategy one bat uses to catch moths, and the way one moth deals with the threat.

Egg thief filmed dangling over nests
2010-08-19 12:13:20
Footage has emerged of convicted rare egg smuggler Jeffrey Lendrum lowering himself from a helicopter in Canada to reach a nest.

Criminals' walk 'could trap them'
2010-08-19 11:42:09
The way people walk could be used as a powerful surveillance tool, a nine-month study has revealed.

Best of wildlife photos revealed
2010-08-19 10:28:44
One of the world's most prestigious natural history photography competitions completes its annual search for entries.

Stunning snapshots
2010-08-19 10:28:44
Finalists for top natural history photo prize are revealed

Churchill's butterflies take to the skies once again
2010-08-19 09:02:54
For the first time in half a century, butterflies are being bred at Chartwell, Winston Churchill's Kent home.

Churchill's butterflies fly again
2010-08-19 09:02:54
For the first time in half a century, butterflies are being bred at Chartwell, Winston Churchill's Kent home.

Urine could be renewable source
2010-08-19 07:16:57
A research team at Heriot-Watt University investigates whether urine could be used as a source of renewable energy.

Falcons 'victims of human greed'
2010-08-19 06:39:06
Jeffrey Lendrum has admitted attempting to smuggle rare bird eggs out of Britain. Guy Shorrock from the RSPB told the BBC's Claire Marshall the birds were ''victims of human greed'' and Lendrum stood to make ''tens of thousands of pounds'' from his crimes.

Climate protest camp targets RBS
2010-08-19 05:33:37
Dozens of climate change protesters set up camp close to the Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters in Edinburgh.

Disease threat to UK garden birds
2010-08-18 19:02:16
A disease that first emerged in 2005 is killing large numbers of greenfinches and chaffinches, researchers say.

'Terror bird' was prize fighter
2010-08-18 17:34:33
Scientists show how the giant, flightless terror birds that roamed South America for millions of years would have taken down their prey.

'Terror bird'
2010-08-18 17:34:33
Giant prehistoric bird topped the pecking order in hunt for prey

Protecting the UK's rarest coral
2010-08-18 09:01:00
The waters around Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel are home to more species of marine life than any other part of Britain.

Double earthquake caused tsunami
2010-08-18 08:35:49
A strange double earthquake triggered the Tonga tsunami that killed 192 people in September 2009, scientists say.

Light shed on black hole mystery
2010-08-18 06:50:52
Discovery of a rare magnetic star challenges theories about the origin of black holes, astronomers claim.

Plant grows eight metres in two months
2010-08-18 06:29:39
A Cornwall couple said they returned from holiday to find a plant in their garden had grown 26ft (8m) high.

Fossils may be 'earliest animals'
2010-08-18 05:50:38
Small, irregularly shaped fossils from South Australia could be the oldest remains of simple animal life found to date.

Did life on Earth evolve twice?
2010-08-18 04:38:40
Dr Adam Maloof explains how the discovery of a sponge fossil shows animals evolved 90 million years earlier than previously thought

Green promises
2010-08-18 04:02:05
How is the UK's coalition living up to its environmental aims?