For orca left in limbo, zoo resorts to sexual stimulation to stop inbreeding 7 hours ago Share Save George Sandeman BBC News Share Save AFP Wikie, pictured with her calf in 2011, are still being kept at a facility in southern France A male killer whale at a closed marine …

New dinosaur named after record-breaking sailor 19 hours ago Share Save Share Save PA/James Brown An artist's impression issued by the University of Portsmouth of an Istiorachis macarthurae A new species of dinosaur that had an "eye-catching sail" along its back has been named after sailor Dame Ellen MacArthur. The …

Scientists make 'superfood' that could save honeybees 15 hours ago Share Save Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Share Save Gwyndaf Hughes/BBC Scientists have developed a honeybee "superfood" that could protect the animals against the threats of climate change and habitat loss. Bee colonies that ate the supplement during trials …

Work begins to create artificial human DNA from scratch 26 June 2025 Share Save Pallab Ghosh • @BBCPallab Science Correspondent Gwyndaf Hughes Science Videographer Share Save How the researchers hope to create human DNA Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from …

Will there be a drought where I live? 16 July 2025 Share Save Mark Poynting, Jess Carr and Phil Leake BBC Climate and Verify data journalism teams Share Save Getty Images Many reservoirs in northern England, like Lindley Wood in Yorkshire, have hit extremely low levels Millions of people in …

Recent droughts are 'slow-moving global catastrophe' - UN report 2 July 2025 Share Save Tim Dodd Climate and science reporter Share Save Getty Images Record low water levels in the Amazon basin disrupted drinking water for thousands of people From Somalia to mainland Europe, the past two years have seen …

Ancient Egyptian history may be rewritten by DNA bone test 2 July 2025 Share Save Pallab Ghosh • @BBCPallab Science Correspondent Share Save Liverpool John Moores University. Nature Tests on the skull could give new insights into ancient history A DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years …

Tiny creatures gorge, get fat, and help fight global warming 4 July 2025 Share Save Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Share Save Prof Daniel J Mayor @oceanplankton A tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food has been quietly protecting our planet from global warming by undertaking an epic …

5m year-old ice to be melted to unlock mystery 18 July 2025 Share Save Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Reporting from British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge Share Save PNRA/IPEV The end of the ice cores are a 1. 5 million year or even older time capsule An ice core that …

Thousands of river pollution tests cancelled because of staff shortages 24 July 2025 Share Save Jonah Fisher BBC environment correspondent Share Save Jonah Fisher/BBC Between May and July 2025 10,000 tests for water pollution at the Environment Agency's Starcross laboratory in Devon were cancelled Thousands of water tests to identify …