Mystery of dancing spiders' DNA could explain how they develop into new species 7 hours ago Share Save Pallab Ghosh Science Correspondent Share Save Watch: Dazzling dancing spiders strut their stuff. What's behind their extraodinary diversity? It's not just the dazzling colours and slick moves of Australia's dancing spiders that …

Vaccine to curb chlamydia epidemic decimating koalas approved 3 hours ago Share Save Lana Lam and Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Share Save Watch: Researchers ‘hopeful’ after koala chlamydia vaccine approval A vaccine which could save Australia's endangered koala population from a rampant chlamydia epidemic has been approved for rollout …

Protect Arctic from 'dangerous' climate engineering, scientists warn 13 hours ago Share Save Mark Poynting Climate and science reporter, BBC News Share Save Getty Images Plans to fight climate change by manipulating the Arctic and Antarctic environment are dangerous, unlikely to work and could distract from the need to ditch …

How to see Sunday's 'Blood Moon' total lunar eclipse 22 hours ago Share Save Maddie Molloy BBC News Climate and Science Share Save Getty Images A Blood Moon happens during a total lunar eclipse, when Earth blocks the Sun's light and the Moon turns red because of the sunlight bending …

Captain Scott’s famous polar shipwreck as never seen before 1 day ago Share Save Share Save Watch: Underwater footage shows the polar vessel colonised with sea life Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis and Kevin Church BBC News Science One of the most famous polar shipwrecks has been filmed in detail on …

The Druids Oak is 800 years old - can it help save tomorrow's forests? 4 days ago Share Save Helen Briggs BBC environment correspondent and Gwyndaf Hughes Science videographer Share Save BBC The Druids Oak is the oldest living tree in this woodland in Buckinghamshire Dr Ed Pyne snips a …

Canada's first lunar rover looks to future space exploration 6 hours ago Share Save Ali Abbas Ahmadi BBC News, Toronto Share Save Canadian Space Agency A computer generated image of what the lunar vehicle could look like on the Moon In a shopping plaza an hour outside Toronto, flanked by …

Drones join battle against eight-toothed beetle threatening forests 5 hours ago Share Save Esme Stallard and Justin Rowlatt Climate and science team Share Save Sean Gallup/Getty Images It is smaller than your fingernail, but this hairy beetle is one of the biggest single threats to the UK's forests. The bark …

Tories pledge to get all oil and gas out of North Sea The Labour government has committed to banning new exploration licences. A spokesperson said a "fair and orderly transition" away from oil and gas would "drive growth". Reform UK has said it wants more fossil fuels extracted from the …

Military drills spark hundreds of wildfires in UK 5 hours ago Share Save Malcolm Prior Rural affairs producer Share Save BBC Live army manoeuvres have caused 385 wildfires on MoD training sites across the UK countryside since 2023 Live-fire military training has sparked hundreds of wildfires across the UK countryside …