The latest stories from the Science & Environment section of the BBC News web site.
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February 3, 2012 - 9:03de la tarde
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 - 6:44de la tarde
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 - 6:42de la tarde
Do the dead outnumber the living - or is it the other way round?
February 3, 2012 - 10:46de la mañana
A tour of Kew's Royal Botanic Gardens' exotic orchids
February 3, 2012 - 10:01de la mañana
What Huhne’s departure means to 'the greenest government ever'
February 3, 2012 - 4:15de la mañana
Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world's largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror.
February 3, 2012 - 3:35de la mañana
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 - 3:14de la mañana
Will London 2012 fulfil its ‘greenest Olympics’ pledge?
February 2, 2012 - 6:22de la tarde
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 - 6:07de la tarde
The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.
February 2, 2012 - 6:06de la tarde
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 - 6:05de la tarde
Wrestling one of the UK's most invasive pests
February 2, 2012 - 4:55de la tarde
A look around the site of what is pledged to be the "greenest ever" Olympic Games.
February 2, 2012 - 1:14de la tarde
Winners of science photography contest dazzle
February 2, 2012 - 1:03de la tarde
Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists.
February 2, 2012 - 9:51de la mañana
Astronomers have found a fourth planet with conditions similar to Earth, which they say could support life.
February 2, 2012 - 7:58de la mañana
Why the pharmaceutical industry is under pressure
February 2, 2012 - 6:37de la mañana
Scientists fail to find any evidence that "big cats" killed two roe deer found dead in Gloucestershire.
February 2, 2012 - 6:31de la mañana
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 - 6:03de la mañana
The German-UK consortium building the operational spacecraft for Europe's Galileo sat-nav system wins a contract to provide an additional eight units.
