4 days agoBy Jonah Fisher, BBC Environment correspondentBBC/Tony JolliffeThe Mount Mabu chameleon Rhampholeon maspictus is one of dozens of unique species that have been found in the forestPerched on a remote...

The company planning to build a new coal mine in Whitehaven, Cumbria has fought its case in court, saying it can and will build a “unique” net zero mine.The...

A large dinosaur's skeleton has fetched $44.6m (£34m) at a Sotheby's auction in New York City - the most ever paid for a fossil.The plant-eating stegosaurus - nicknamed Apex...

3 hours agoBy Victoria Gill, @vic_gill, Science correspondent, BBC NewsTyler RossAs the climate warms, polar bears are seen on land earlier in the season At the end of the Canadian Arctic summer,...

Scientists have for the first time discovered a cave on the Moon.At least 100m deep, it could be an ideal place for humans to build a permanent base, they...

2 days agoBy Jonathan Amos and Alison Francis, BBC News Climate and ScienceBBC/Kevin ChurchSix-tonne robots will spend up to 20 days mapping and cataloguing the wreck siteA team of imaging experts,...

1 hour agoBy Malcolm Prior, @NewsMPrior, BBC News, rural affairs correspondentKerry McClayKerry McClay says more female police officers are needed in the countryside to deal with domestic abuseVictims of domestic abuse in...

GettyMany oil and gas tankers in the Arctic use Heavy fuel Oil to power their enginesA ban on the dirtiest and most climate-damaging fuel for ships has come into...

It said that the index showed that generally the UK farming sector is at "its most productive since records began" and that domestic production of all food in the...

Two Nasa astronauts are due to set off to the International Space Station in a new spacecraft in the early hours of Tuesday morning UK time. Source link

The first avian influenza cases in the penguins of South Georgia are reported by scientists. Source link

Rule breaches such as sewage spills should cost bosses their bonuses, the environment secretary says. Source link