The latest stories from the Science & Environment section of the BBC News web site.
Updated: 13 min 29 sec ago
February 3, 2012 - 9:03pm
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit China next week to discuss Canada's oil products, after the US blocked a key pipeline.
February 3, 2012 - 6:44pm
Prince Charles says there are reasons to be optimistic about the state of the world's oceans, but it is "critically urgent" to tackle overfishing.
February 3, 2012 - 6:42pm
Do the dead outnumber the living - or is it the other way round?
February 3, 2012 - 10:46am
A tour of Kew's Royal Botanic Gardens' exotic orchids
February 3, 2012 - 10:01am
What Huhne’s departure means to 'the greenest government ever'
February 3, 2012 - 4:15am
Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world's largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror.
February 3, 2012 - 3:35am
The Hubble space telescope captures an image of a "barred spiral" galaxy that could help us better understand our own Milky Way.
February 3, 2012 - 3:14am
Will London 2012 fulfil its ‘greenest Olympics’ pledge?
February 2, 2012 - 6:22pm
The historic tea clipper will be reopened to the public in spring 2012. Part of the conservation work included lifting her 3m off the ground.
February 2, 2012 - 6:07pm
The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.
February 2, 2012 - 6:06pm
A work of abstract expressionism by a chimp and a still life of a flower by an elephant are part of a new exhibition in London of artworks created by animals.
February 2, 2012 - 6:05pm
Wrestling one of the UK's most invasive pests
February 2, 2012 - 4:55pm
A look around the site of what is pledged to be the "greenest ever" Olympic Games.
February 2, 2012 - 1:14pm
Winners of science photography contest dazzle
February 2, 2012 - 1:03pm
Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists.
February 2, 2012 - 9:51am
Astronomers have found a fourth planet with conditions similar to Earth, which they say could support life.
February 2, 2012 - 7:58am
Why the pharmaceutical industry is under pressure
February 2, 2012 - 6:37am
Scientists fail to find any evidence that "big cats" killed two roe deer found dead in Gloucestershire.
February 2, 2012 - 6:31am
Meadows of seagrass, a keystone species in marine ecosystems, found in the Mediterranean Sea are likely to be tens of thousands of years old, a study shows.
February 2, 2012 - 6:03am
The German-UK consortium building the operational spacecraft for Europe's Galileo sat-nav system wins a contract to provide an additional eight units.
