From: BBC News on Tue, Sep 14 2010 6:10 AM

Certain forms of cannabis should be considered for licensed sale, says Professor Roger Pertwee, one of the UK’s leading researchers of the drug.

From: BBC News on Tue, Sep 14 2010 2:42 AM

A system designed to reduce the number of whales colliding with ships is being tested in the Mediterranean.

From: BBC News on Wed, Sep 08 2010 10:17 AM

A scale model of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and how it is being repaired

From: BBC News on Wed, Sep 08 2010 9:13 AM

A team of explorers and scientists will be soon setting out for Antarctica for what they hope will be the fastest land crossing of the continent ever.

From: BBC News on Wed, Sep 08 2010 1:37 AM

Mould, flies, and maggots - watch what happens when food is left to rot

From: BBC News on Mon, Aug 30 2010 4:47 AM

A council in southern France has found a novel way of controlling the creeping advance of nature. It employs sheep.

From: BBC News on Mon, Aug 30 2010 3:48 AM

Over-fishing has left many seas around the UK in a state of decline, raising fears for many types of fish and other wildlife in coastal areas.

From: BBC News on Thu, Aug 26 2010 12:50 PM

Can the recovery of the Galician coast provide inspiration for the fishing and tourism industries in the Gulf of Mexico?

From: BBC News on Mon, Aug 23 2010 4:23 PM

A wild animal collector is facing fines for crossbreeding a lion with a tiger.

From: BBC News on Mon, Aug 23 2010 2:20 PM

Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the Seti Institute, talks to the BBC’s Jason Palmer about the form ETs might take.

From: BBC News on Mon, Aug 23 2010 9:20 AM

Gandalf, the vulture who decided to go absent without leave during an airshow in Cumbernauld last Tuesday, has returned home

From: BBC News on Wed, Aug 18 2010 11:44 AM

Woolly mammoths died out because of dwindling grasslands rather than hunting by humans, according to new research.

From: BBC News on Wed, Aug 18 2010 1:43 AM

Two US astronauts may become the first twins to be flying in space at the same time.

From: BBC News on Tue, Aug 17 2010 5:37 PM

One of the world’s rarest giraffes has been born in captivity in the UK

From: BBC News on Tue, Aug 17 2010 5:28 AM

Residents of one of small village are looking to their local weatherman for their forecasts.

From: BBC News on Mon, Aug 16 2010 2:05 PM

Astronauts are continuing repairs on the International Space Station’s cooling system.

From: BBC News on Fri, Aug 13 2010 4:13 PM

Two young captive-bred Cuban crocodiles have moved from their home in a Denmark zoo, into new surroundings in the London Aquarium.The aquarium is planning to breed the pair, because as curator Paul Hale explains, Cuban crocodiles are in danger of extinction.

From: BBC News on Fri, Aug 13 2010 4:13 PM

Ranchers in the US are using cloning to boost the quality and quantity of the meat they produce. Our science correspondent Pallab Ghosh went there to follow how the process works - from lab to plate.

From: BBC News on Wed, Aug 11 2010 6:52 PM

NASA astronauts Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson embarked on a second spacewalk to repair a vital cooling unit on the International Space Station.

From: BBC News on Wed, Aug 11 2010 7:24 AM

Just like humans, orangutans use mime to get their messages across, scientists report