Science

A new predator could soon be threatening Britain’s beleaguered bee colonies. It is a large hornet that eats bees –

US astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have docked with the International Space Station (ISS), after a 19-hour journey. The

Two Nasa astronauts have launched into orbit on a rocket and capsule system provided by Elon Musk’s company SpaceX. Doug

When Covid-19 hit, zookeeper Caitlin Henderson ended up in lockdown with 70 spiders. BBC News Generic Women Vintage PU Leather

What is SpaceX? How does it make money? The company is set to make history as, alongside Nasa, it send

Virtually all the meteorites ever found have been found in Antarctica. Every year small teams venture out on the ice

An Australian man was returning from a fishing trip off Queensland’s Moreton Island when he came across a large school

It’s the first time scientists have observed this behaviour, which bees do when pollen is scarce. BBC News Sling Bag

An international student broke into Australia’s oldest museum, taking selfies with the exhibits. BBC News L.O.L Surprise! LOL Dolls Handbag

A group of volunteers has helped rescue a horse that was stuck in a deep mud hole with ice around

Artist Rob Arnold is spending his lockdown sifting plastic from 40 sacks of litter from his local beach. Two vans

On a remote Australian island, two owl chicks have survived to fledglings, the first to do so in more than

With the lockdown prompting people to change their habits, many may be taking more notice of the natural world. The

Activists are warning that the world is now facing a “double crisis” because of the coronavirus pandemic and climate change.

UK scientists have identified the highest levels of microplastics ever recorded on the seafloor. The contamination was found in sediments

Five years ago on 25 April, a devastating earthquake hit Nepal, which shook the whole country. More than 8,000 people

Deforestation has skyrocketed in Colombia since the peace deal of 2016. BBC Security correspondent Frank Gardner joins a team of

Wildfires inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine have had a significant impact on what has become a unique conservation

Feeling confused about whether you should wear a face mask to protect yourself and others from coronavirus? The World Health

As the UK enters it fourth week of lockdown, conservationists say they have seen some hidden benefits of the restrictions