05 August 2021
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The man who 'killed' Pluto
How Mike Brown’s discovery of a larger object threatened Pluto’s 75-year status as a planet
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Welsh slate landscape crowned a World Heritage site
The slate landscape of north-west Wales becomes the 32 UK site to be on Unesco's heritage list.
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The Scottish mice helping to rewild Ealing
Tiny harvest mice are being exported from East Kilbride to Ealing to help with a rewilding project.
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Is there a future for Africa's lions?
As lion populations decline across much of Africa, could community-led conservation help reverse this trend?
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The new surgical tool inspired by a wasp
The device avoids clogging by using friction instead of suction, similar to the way a parasitoid wasp lays its eggs.
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'People have never seen anything like this before'
Live-streamed footage of a family of blue tits has had more than 41 million views online.
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Sundarbans: Why the world’s largest mangrove forest is sinking
The low-lying islands are being battered by violent storms, rising sea levels, and melting ice from the Himalayas.
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Tens of thousands of Jurassic fossils found at secret site
The fossils were originally uncovered by two hobby palaeontologists during lockdown.
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Jeff Bezos and crew launch into space on New Shepard
Billionaire Jeff Bezos has launched into space, in the first crewed flight of his rocket ship, New Shepard.
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First space tourist Dennis Tito: 'I was euphoric'
Dennis Tito paid $20 million to travel to the International Space Station in 2001.
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Ros Atkins on… the North America heat waves
Ros Atkins explains the link between climate change and recent heat waves in the US and Canada.
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Farne Islands: Puffins see visitors return after 18 months
Tourists haven't been able to go to the Farne Islands for 18 months and it's changed the birds' behaviour.
