From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 12:37 PM

Sir David Attenborough, who is president of Butterfly Conservation, has asked the public to spend 15 minutes counting butterflies.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 10:25 AM

A fishing trip for two friends turned into a dramatic event when one of them hooked a thresher shark estimated to be 8ft long.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jul 13 2011 5:59 AM

Butterfly Conservation’s Richard Fox explains how people can help them keep track of Britain's butterflies.

From: BBC News on Sun, Jul 10 2011 9:12 PM

Atlantis docks at the International Space Station on the final mission of Nasa’s 30-year shuttle programme.

From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 10:16 AM

As Nasa prepares to launch its final space shuttle mission, a veteran astronaut has recalled the exhilarating experience of being thrust into space.

From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 1:53 AM

Final preparations are being made for the last flight of the space shuttle fleet which is due to launch on Friday.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 07 2011 12:55 PM

A large dump of snow has fallen on the Atacama desert in South America, one of the driest places on earth.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 07 2011 11:48 AM

Archaeologists in Mexico discover 1,300 year-old stone sculptures of men who probably suffered a terrible death.

From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 01 2011 2:50 AM

Scientists have finally turned their attention to a musical instrument that has been around for millennia.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jun 22 2011 5:50 PM

Two men involved in Florida’s space industry reflect on what the end of Nasa's shuttle programme means for business and the local community.

From: BBC News on Tue, Jun 21 2011 8:37 AM

Marine life is likely to become extinct at a rate unprecedented in human history according to a new international study.

From: BBC News on Mon, Jun 20 2011 2:40 AM

Volunteers are working to help some of the Upton heath’s most vulnerable wildlife. Louise Hubball reports.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jun 16 2011 8:06 AM

The oldest black holes that were around at the start of the universe have been found. They’re the earliest ever to have been detected, by astronomers from Yale University.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jun 15 2011 5:33 PM

Skywatchers in parts of Europe, Africa, Central Asia and Australia were counting on clear skies as Wednesday’s lunar eclipse began.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jun 01 2011 6:00 AM

Conservationists say the hedgehog population is in decline, and suggest how people can help improve their chances of survival.

From: BBC News on Mon, May 30 2011 3:27 AM

The US space shuttle Endeavour has undocked from the International Space Station and is on its way back to Earth on its final journey.

From: BBC News on Wed, May 25 2011 12:29 PM

Plans for low-level radioactive waste disposal to be allowed at a landfill site in Northamptonshire have been given the go-ahead by the government.

From: BBC News on Thu, May 19 2011 12:13 PM

An Austrian man has chosen to have his dysfunctional hand cut off so that it can be replaced with a bionic limb.

From: BBC News on Wed, May 18 2011 7:21 AM

Andrei Ninu of prosthetics company Otto Bock talks through the latest innovations in bionics with BBC reporter Neil Bowdler.

From: BBC News on Thu, Apr 28 2011 1:06 PM

The multi-million dollar American Seti Institute has fallen victim to government cuts, and has had to shut down a series of telescopes that have been scanning the universe for extra-terrestrial messages.