Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:23:40 GMT

Mould, flies, and maggots - watch what happens when food is left to rot

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:18:11 GMT

Todmorden, in West Yorkshire, is striving to become self sufficient by growing fruit and vegetables and keeping livestock.

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:47:29 GMT

New-born twin giant pandas made their first public appearance at a zoo in Japan on Friday in Shirahama.

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:08:23 GMT

Researchers begin a three-year study to uncover the secrets of St Kilda's super-sized field mice.

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:07:49 GMT

Hundreds of sharks have been spotted off the Queensland coast.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:27:04 GMT

There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, the physicist and mathematician Professor Stephen Hawking has said.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:29:30 GMT

A rare Chinese tree has flowered for the first time in 23 years at Kew's country estate in West Sussex.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:52:58 GMT

One of the giant booster rockets intended to power the first stage of flight on Nasa's next rocket has been tested in the US.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:27:52 GMT

Researchers working on trials of genetically modified crops in Norfolk have grown potatoes which resist disease.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:25:05 GMT

Dr Andy Harland of Loughborough University analyses what new free-kick trajectory findings mean for footballers.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:24:26 GMT

An island off Peru is making money from selling bird poo to use as organic fertiliser.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:58:06 GMT

New pictures have emerged of the shipwreck of the Titanic, almost 25 years since it was first discovered.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:48:30 GMT

Fishermen from Suffolk and Essex have welcomed a new quota agreement which allows smaller boats to start catching sole again.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:52:13 GMT

Vets at Cairo's Giza Zoo are experimenting with the human birth control pill in an attempt to slow their rapidly expanding population of lions.

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:38:59 GMT

Thousands of Indonesians have been forced to leave their homes after a volcano erupted on the island of Sumatra.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:48:51 GMT

Over-fishing has left many seas around the UK in a state of decline, raising fears for many types of fish and other wildlife in coastal areas.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:54:53 GMT

A council in southern France has found a novel way of controlling the creeping advance of nature. It employs sheep.

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:58:32 GMT

The Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans was hit particularly hard during Hurricane Katrina. The BBC's Andy Gallacher met with some of those still struggling to recover their community.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:23:36 GMT

Professor Mike Bevan: "The genome sequence does provide a foundation for an increase in the amount of genetic engineering in wheat"

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:30:31 GMT

Can the recovery of the Galician coast provide inspiration for the fishing and tourism industries in the Gulf of Mexico?

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:44:20 GMT

A 'fire tornado' has been caught on camera in the Brazilian municipality of Aracatuba, caused by strong, dry winds that fanned wildfires.

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:09:54 GMT

A council in South Wales has spent almost £200,000 so that dormice can cross a road safely.

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:21:22 GMT

Astronomers have discovered an Earth and Neptune like planetary system that orbits a star that is similar to our own Sun.

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:48:35 GMT

Bacteria taken from cliffs at Beer on the South Coast have shown themselves to be hardy space travellers.

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:58:00 GMT

French engineers are set to drain a lake that has formed under a glacier on Mont Blanc and threatens to flood the St Gervais valley.

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:55:24 GMT

Hikers are once again walking on the slopes of the crater, where they are discovering some dramatic changes to the landscape.

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:16:11 GMT

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.

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:56:27 GMT

A decline in the greenfinch population in the eastern counties has been blamed on an infectious disease.

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:57:51 GMT

Gandalf, the vulture who decided to go absent without leave during an airshow in Cumbernauld last Tuesday, has returned home

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:38:40 GMT

Dr Adam Maloof explains how the discovery of a sponge fossil shows animals evolved 90 million years earlier than previously thought

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:39:06 GMT

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.

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:01:00 GMT

The waters around Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel are home to more species of marine life than any other part of Britain.

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:29:39 GMT

A Cornwall couple said they returned from holiday to find a plant in their garden had grown 26ft (8m) high.

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:19:37 GMT

One of the world's rarest giraffes has been born in captivity in the UK

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:47:38 GMT

Two US astronauts may become the first twins to be flying in space at the same time.

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:28:18 GMT

The South African wildlife service says poaching of rhinos is escalating at an unprecedented rate.

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:57:06 GMT

Conservationists are hoping a project on the Cornish coastline will help increase the numbers of grey seals by providing them with sanctuary.

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:42:52 GMT

Residents of one of small village are looking to their local weatherman for their forecasts.

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:18:43 GMT

Woolly mammoths died out because of dwindling grasslands rather than hunting by humans, according to new research.

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:31:57 GMT

Author Peter Miller discussed with Katty Kay his findings on the subject of the science of 'swarming' and its links between the animal kingdom and humans.