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July 13, 2011
Sir David Attenborough, who is president of Butterfly Conservation, has asked the public to spend 15 minutes counting butterflies.
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July 13, 2011
A fishing trip for two friends turned into a dramatic event when one of them hooked a thresher shark estimated to be 8ft long.
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July 13, 2011
Butterfly Conservation’s Richard Fox explains how people can help them keep track of Britain's butterflies.
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July 10, 2011
Atlantis docks at the International Space Station on the final mission of Nasa’s 30-year shuttle programme.
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July 08, 2011
As Nasa prepares to launch its final space shuttle mission, a veteran astronaut has recalled the exhilarating experience of being thrust into space.
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July 08, 2011
Final preparations are being made for the last flight of the space shuttle fleet which is due to launch on Friday.
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July 07, 2011
A large dump of snow has fallen on the Atacama desert in South America, one of the driest places on earth.
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July 07, 2011
Archaeologists in Mexico discover 1,300 year-old stone sculptures of men who probably suffered a terrible death.
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July 01, 2011
Scientists have finally turned their attention to a musical instrument that has been around for millennia.
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June 22, 2011
Two men involved in Florida’s space industry reflect on what the end of Nasa's shuttle programme means for business and the local community.
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June 21, 2011
Marine life is likely to become extinct at a rate unprecedented in human history according to a new international study.
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June 20, 2011
Volunteers are working to help some of the Upton heath’s most vulnerable wildlife. Louise Hubball reports.
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June 16, 2011
The oldest black holes that were around at the start of the universe have been found. They’re the earliest ever to have been detected, by astronomers from Yale University.
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June 15, 2011
Skywatchers in parts of Europe, Africa, Central Asia and Australia were counting on clear skies as Wednesday’s lunar eclipse began.
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June 01, 2011
Conservationists say the hedgehog population is in decline, and suggest how people can help improve their chances of survival.
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May 30, 2011
The US space shuttle Endeavour has undocked from the International Space Station and is on its way back to Earth on its final journey.
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May 25, 2011
Plans for low-level radioactive waste disposal to be allowed at a landfill site in Northamptonshire have been given the go-ahead by the government.
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May 19, 2011
An Austrian man has chosen to have his dysfunctional hand cut off so that it can be replaced with a bionic limb.
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May 18, 2011
Andrei Ninu of prosthetics company Otto Bock talks through the latest innovations in bionics with BBC reporter Neil Bowdler.
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April 28, 2011
The multi-million dollar American Seti Institute has fallen victim to government cuts, and has had to shut down a series of telescopes that have been scanning the universe for extra-terrestrial ...
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