You might be able to explain your "insights into oral chemesthetic perception" to a group of chemistry professors - but can you dance it?Dr. Sulo Roukka from the University...

Getty ImagesA black mamba is arguably the world's deadliest snakeThe blood of a US man who deliberately injected himself with snake venom for nearly two decades has led to...

Jonah FisherBBC environment correspondentReporting fromKarlsruhe, GermanyWatch: Moment lynx is released in GermanyAs the door of its crate opens, the lynx sniffs the air, checks the coast is clear and...

Christopher BlanchettSenior Weather PresenterJulie-Anne BarnesBBC Scotland NewsBBCDr Georgia Kirby leads the citizen science project, gathering public information and setting traps to monitor specific locationsA Scottish summer is synonymous with...

Mark Poynting and Justin RowlattBBC Climate & ScienceGetty ImagesThe government has made very little progress in preparing the UK for the growing threats posed by rising temperatures since coming...

The world's rainforests are often referred to as the "lungs of the earth".They store billions of tonnes of carbon and in doing so help to reduce the impacts of...

Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondent, BBC News•@hbriggsGetty ImagesThe swallow is a common summer visitor, arriving in April and leaving in OctoberWith what's being called a mini-heatwave looming for the UK, it's...

Mark Poynting and Erwan RivaultBBC Climate & Data teamsPlanet LabsA prolonged dry spell created perfect conditions for wildfiresThe area of the UK burnt by wildfires so far this year...

China will let scientists from six countries, including the US, examine the rocks it collected from the Moon - a scientific collaboration that comes as the two countries remain...

Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order aimed at stepping up deep-sea mining within US and in international waters.Thursday's order is the latest issued by the US president...

Icebergs as large as cities, potentially tens of kilometres wide, once roved the coasts of the UK, according to scientists.Researchers found distinctive scratch marks left by the drifting icebergs...

Alison FrancisSenior science journalistKevin Church/BBCThe team has so far found 41 skeletons buried in the cemetery A medieval cemetery unearthed near Cardiff Airport is continuing to confound archaeologists, as...