BBC Science
Get the latest BBC Science and Environment News: breaking news, analysis and debate on science and nature in the UK and around the world.
Updated: 1 hour 39 min ago
Sun protection for penguins - a specially designed wetsuit
A bald penguin is given a wetsuit to wear at a Hampshire wildlife park to protect him from sunburn after he shed all his feathers in one day.
Lion cubs make first appearance
A pair of endangered Asian lion cubs make a public appearance in their new enclosure at London Zoo.
Meteor show reaches peak
Skygazers have observed a dazzling sky show, as the annual Perseid meteor shower reached its peak.
'Many hurricanes' in modern times
Hurricanes in the Atlantic are more frequent than at any time in the last 1,000 years, according to research.
Why flamingoes stand on one leg
It is one of nature's cutest mysteries, and now scientists think they have the answer.
India's water use 'unsustainable'
Parts of India are on track for severe water shortages, according to results from Nasa's gravity satellites.
Australia emissions plan rejected
Australia's Senate votes down a plan to introduce a carbon trading scheme to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Hawking receives top US honour
The US awards its highest civilian honour - the Presidential Medal of Freedom - to 16 people praised as "agents of change".
New exoplanet orbits 'backwards'
A team of astronomers discover the first planet that orbits in the opposite direction to the spin of its star.
Vanishing point
Erasing your files from 'the cloud' just got easier
Killer whales visit 'social clubs'
Hundreds of killer whales from different pods meet up to socialise.
Indian land 'seriously degraded'
At least 45% of Indian land is environmentally "degraded", air pollution is rising and flora and fauna is diminishing, according to a report.
Sea eagle chicks take to the sky
A giant bird of prey that was hunted to extinction in Britain by the Victorians is reintroduced to the east of Scotland.
Cleaner Seine hosts salmon again
Wild salmon are returning to the River Seine for the first time in almost a century, French scientists say.
'Taste test' for Neanderthal DNA
DNA tests on ancient remains reveals Neanderthals shared with modern humans a gene that gives an ability to taste bitterness.
'Alien scene' of tadpoles' feast
"Alien-like" scenes of tadpoles feasting are caught on camera.
Science questions baffle parents
Four in five parents in the UK have been stumped by a science question posed by their children, a survey suggests.
Scrubbing up
'Pharmaceutical companies aren't profiteering'
In Pictures
Images reveal rich diversity of meat-eating plants
Swamp halts Africa's parliament
Building is halted on the new Pan-African Parliament in South Africa as the site is a wetland area.