BBC News - Science & Environment

Five years since quake brought disaster on immense scale

The great dinosaur stampede that never was?

How studying droppings has led to the patter of tiny rhino hooves

Mars rover will return to a compelling story

Prof Stephen Hawking has pulled out of a high-profile Israeli conference, in support of an academic boycott of the country.

Japanese researchers unveil two robots that tell users if their breath stinks or if their feet reek, highlighting advances in electronic nose tech.

A poisonous moth caterpillar is on the increase in some parts of the UK, having been found in South London and Berkshire.

The greater wax moth is capable of hearing the highest recorded frequency of any animal in the natural world, researchers find.

Can birdsong make you open a bank account?

A camera set up to capture images of Scottish wildcats in Sutherland has photographed a bird species rarely seen in Scotland.

Designers play with the possibilities of 3D printing

Scientists have announced the discovery of a new species of bone-headed dinosaur, which is the oldest in the US, and possibly the world.

Bad weather and dangerous crevasses have slowed the progress of the team trying to become the first to cross Antarctica during the polar winter.

A senior druid is calling for fake human remains to be put on display at the new visitor centre at Stonehenge.

Can people on specialist diets succeed in sport?

Cold War bunkers are the latest attempt to save bats from white-nose syndrome, a disease that has killed up to 6.7 million bats in the US and Canada.

The tech used to climb world's highest peak in 1953

The health benefits of exposing skin to sunlight may far outweigh the risk of developing skin cancer, according to scientists.

A chain of vets in Leeds has started playing music to animals in an attempt to get them to relax.

How the late Ray Harryhausen brought mythical creatures to life

A satellite that can weigh the Earth's forests has just been given the go ahead by the European Space Agency.

China's government and military have targeted US government computers as part of a cyber espionage campaign, a US report on China says.

The US returns a 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton which was smuggled from Mongolia and auctioned for more than a million dollars.

A helicopter is to be used to spray woodland in West Berkshire to combat toxic caterpillars that can cause health problems.

The Forestry Commission is due to carry out what is expected to be its biggest cull of wild boar in the Forest of Dean later this year.