Author: BBC News - Science & Environment

Yes, Antarctica has (and needs) a fire department. Megan Branson spent three seasons there as a…

Why are music festivals increasingly becoming a venue for science as well as bands?

The Royal Statistical Society wants people to send in their favourite stat of 2018 for a…

Meteorologists are hopeful Aeolus will have a big impact on the quality of medium-range weather forecasts.

Scientists have found new evidence confirming that turtles once lived without shells.

Genetic detective work gives a rare insight into the liaisons of early humans living 50,000 years…

Plastic waste collected at the Volvo Ocean Race is recycled and used to make items such…

The Aeolus spacecraft launches into orbit to make the first truly global maps of wind behaviour.

Pangolins should be considered top priority for conservation in China, say scientists studying their decline.

If this happens, India will become the fourth country to launch humans into space.