BBC News: Science & Nature

Tuesday th 23rd of August 2016

MPs call for ban on plastic microbeads - 19:21

Hundreds of thousands of dead fish wash up in New Jersey - 17:31

Mystery stone structure under Neolithic dump on Orkney - 08:01

Most nations lack ability to deal with invasive species - 08:01

Spider silk helps creates microscope superlens - 06:31

Are you rubbish at recycling? - 02:21

New badger culling trials given go ahead across England - 00:03

Saturday th 20th of August 2016

California wildfires: Blue Cut blaze curbed as evacuees return - 05:31

Friday th 19th of August 2016

Snail 'Swat teams' - 04:31

HMT Arfon: Sunken WWI mine trawler protected - 04:31

Zebra finch 'heat song' changes hatchling development - 03:31

Thursday th 18th of August 2016

Water voles: National Trust releasing 100 in Yorkshire Dales - 22:01

Satellite data used to predict poverty - 14:01

Tourists flock to Kilauea Volcano lava streams - 12:01

A global audience joins Prof Michael Sandel to discuss the world's response to climate change. - 11:01

Satellite tagged Aberdeenshire raptor missing in Highlands - 08:31

DNA traces Iceman's ragtag wardrobe - 08:31

Wednesday th 17th of August 2016

Star snapped before and after nova explosion - 12:51

New species of fossil dolphin found - 08:01

'Industrial' farms should lose subsidies - 01:31

Tuesday th 16th of August 2016

Scientists claim pesticides are linked to bee decline - 18:31

Neonic pesticide link to long-term wild bee decline - 10:31

China launches quantum-enabled satellite Micius - 07:01

The top-secret tortoise sanctuary of Madagascar - 05:31

Climate change sceptic versus Cox - 05:31

Pump action - 04:31

Culham Science Centre nuclear experts fear quarry dust - 04:31

Simulated black hole test backs Hawking prediction - 04:31

Professor Brian Cox clashes with Australian climate sceptic - 04:01

Viruses 'more dangerous in the morning' - 04:01

Friday th 12th of August 2016

NZ scientists track penguins' marathon winter travels - 12:01

Monkey selfie: Animal charity Peta challenges ruling - 11:31

Mystery as fish land in Banff garden - 09:31

Chester Zoo breeds Montserrat tarantulas in world first - 07:01

Hundreds of tiny Montserrat tarantulas hatch in captivity - 07:01

Time-lapse footage of Perseid meteor shower - 06:31

Thursday th 11th of August 2016

Growing call for grouse shooting ban as season opens - 20:51

400-year-old Greenland shark ‘longest-living vertebrate’ - 19:31

Jupiter gravity push sets up 'meteor storm' on Earth - 11:01

Brain-robot training triggers improvement in paralysis - 09:01

Teeth in faeces suggest ancient shark ate its young - 00:21

Wednesday th 10th of August 2016

What can killer whales teach us about the menopause? - 18:51

Piltdown review points decisive finger at forger Dawson - 07:41

Tuesday th 9th of August 2016

Can killer whales help solve the mystery of menopause? - 23:01

Wild New Caledonian crows possess tool-craft talent - 23:01

Britain's tallest mountain is underwater - 12:51

Life thriving on UK's biggest underwater mountains - 12:21

Scientists develop dissolving battery - 07:31

Action needed to 'future-proof' pollinators - 07:31

Beware the walruses - 06:31