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 …

Incinerator broke air pollution limits 916 times 17 hours ago Share Save Esme Stallard Climate and science reporter, BBC News Share Save Getty Images Beddington incinerator has breached its environmental permits on 916 occasions Beddington incinerator, which serves four south London councils, faces enforcement from the Environment Agency after exceeding …

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 – the best pictures so far 1 day ago Share Save Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science Share Save Bidyut Kalita This image titled "Special Delivery" was highly commended in the Behaviour: Invertebrates category. At first glance, the potter wasp appears to be riding …

SpaceX pulls off Starship rocket launch in much-needed comeback 17 hours ago Share Save Georgina Rannard Science correspondent Share Save Watch: SpaceX Starship completes successful test flight SpaceX has pulled off a successful test flight of its newest generation rocket Starship, reversing a trend of disappointing failures. The world's largest …

'Punk rock' dinosaur with metre-long spikes discovered 15 hours ago Share Save Pallab Ghosh • @BBCPallab Science Correspondent Share Save Matt Dempsey Artwork: the dinosaur had long spikes sticking out from the side of its head Scientists have discovered a bizarre armoured dinosaur which had metre-long spikes sticking out from …