BBC News - Science & Environment

The skull of former Archbishop of Canterbury Simon Theobald is given a CT scan 630 years after he was murdered during the Peasants' Revolt.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announces a "measured exit" from nuclear power in response to the Japanese crisis.

China is planning to develop a version of the Eden Project, the BBC learns.

A major tidal energy project is to be built in the Sound of Islay off the west coast of Scotland.

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Monkeys learn with age to recognise photographs of their friends, according to scientists.

China suspends approval for new nuclear power stations following the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, has said that the nuclear situation in Japan is "very serious".

Nasa Messenger mission chief Sean Solomon talks about the job ahead for the spacecraft as it arrives in orbit around Mercury.

The Japanese tsunami killed thousands of albatrosses and other species when it struck Hawaii.

Such was the scale of last Friday's tsunami that sizeable waves reached right across the Pacific to New Zealand and the Antarctic, say NZ researchers.

Scientists have tested 115-year-old X-ray equipment, generating striking images with the incredibly simple device.

Elephants pay close attention to their elders when responding to a the threat of a predator, according to a study.

A robotic sub revisits a shipping container lost off the coast of California in 2004, finding it teeming with underwater life.

Volunteers play a vital role in ensuring that a range of valuable long-term datasets continue to survive, a team of scientists will say.

Beaked whales are disturbed by military sonar, according to real-time data collected by scientists.

Lawyers representing Guatemalans deliberately infected with syphilis sue the US government for compensation.

David Shukman explains what is going on inside Japan's quake stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant, and assesses the potential risks from radiation.

Bang Goes The Theory's Jem Stansfield explains how pent-up energy between tectonic plates can cause a tsunami when it is eventually released.

One of the world's oldest natural history collections, the Grant Museum of Zoology, re-opens in London this week.

The earthquake which rocked Japan triggered tsunami alerts across the entire Pacific basin, including Hawaii and Peru.

A massive earthquake has hit the north-east of Japan, triggering a tsunami that has caused extensive damage. Seismologist Dr Roger Musson explains how it happened.

A drunk man in Australia survives being bitten by a huge salt water crocodile after he climbed into its enclosure and tried to ride it.