http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/ The latest stories from the Home section of the BBC Nature web site. en-gb Tue, 21 May 2013 10:42:39 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. 15 How ants' tunnelling abilities could inform the design of search and rescue robots. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22598821#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22598821 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:49:23 GMT The underwater prowess of the penguin may have cost the bird its ability to fly, scientists believe. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22601223#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22601223 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:25:54 GMT The UK's spring butterflies have finally appeared, weeks later than usual. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/22546675 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/22546675 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:49:20 GMT A nesting crane lays the first egg laid by that breed of bird in southern Britain in more than 400 years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-22593559#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-22593559 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:22:51 GMT A three-month long study to determine the puffin population on the Farne Islands in Northumberland gets under way. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-22562731#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-22562731 Fri, 17 May 2013 03:21:02 GMT An Asian insect is destroying native species around the world by unleashing a lethal biological cocktail. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22554162#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22554162 Thu, 16 May 2013 18:26:38 GMT The UK's beautiful bluebell bloom is thought to be between four and five weeks late this year http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/22508596 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/22508596 Thu, 16 May 2013 06:28:51 GMT For the first time scientists have developed a map that shows the world's unique and endangered species. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22540853#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22540853 Thu, 16 May 2013 01:37:20 GMT Artists and scientists both find inspiration in flowers but does either have a greater appreciation of the flower's natural beauty? http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/0/22454785 http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/0/22454785 Thu, 16 May 2013 09:11:09 GMT Mosquitoes carrying the malaria parasite are more attracted to human body odour than uninfected insects, scientists report. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22544145#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22544145 Thu, 16 May 2013 06:27:38 GMT India's tigers face extinction due to a collapse in the variety of their mating partners, say Cardiff University researchers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22536571#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22536571 Wed, 15 May 2013 13:49:15 GMT The reintroduction of white-tailed eagles to Britain has been hailed as a conservation success, but will they ever fly beyond Scotland? http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/22343081 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/22343081 Mon, 13 May 2013 01:05:46 GMT A black widow spider is found in Aberdeen in a shipment from America. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-22540251#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-22540251 Wed, 15 May 2013 14:18:20 GMT A wildlife trust will attach GPS trackers to three ospreys following a spate of disappearances in 2010 and 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-22481615#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-22481615 Tue, 14 May 2013 03:17:36 GMT More than half of common plant species and a third of animals could see a serious decline in their habitat range because of climate change, a study suggests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22500673#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22500673 Sun, 12 May 2013 17:01:10 GMT With populations in decline, an otter made an unlikely screen star in 1969 but now spotting opportunities are improving. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/22286398 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/22286398 Fri, 10 May 2013 06:48:47 GMT London Zoo is desperately seeking a fit female mate for a critically endangered fish - the "gorgeously ugly" Mangarahara cichlid. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22468206#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22468206 Fri, 10 May 2013 02:24:09 GMT It's billed as the world's only known dinosaur stampede - but new research is taking a fresh look at events in the Australian outback 100m years ago. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22382503#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22382503 Thu, 09 May 2013 00:33:42 GMT Scientists at Chester Zoo say they have increased the reproductive success of their critically endangered black rhinos - by analysing the animals' dung. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22441199#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22441199 Wed, 08 May 2013 23:27:05 GMT Is the delay in the growing season for plants and crops a bad thing? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22248047#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22248047 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:21:52 GMT Semi-nomadic lifestyle of the Sami people under increasing pressure from the modern world http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22170485#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22170485 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:34:42 GMT Sir Terry Pratchett revisits Borneo's orangutans. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21940533 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21940533 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 02:38:13 GMT Learning more about the ocean's gentle giants. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21687023 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21687023 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:51:53 GMT Penguins' feathers 'colder than surrounding air'. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21669963 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21669963 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 02:25:39 GMT How do you track elusive great hammerhead sharks? http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21180618 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21180618 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:52:19 GMT The world's largest rays are tagged in the Red Sea. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21161721 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21161721 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:12:07 GMT Measuring telltale tracks in the snow. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20851433#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20851433 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 05:17:35 GMT Seasonal images from gardens around the UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20725430 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20725430 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:51:18 GMT Winning images from the BES photography competition. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20666694 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20666694 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:45:55 GMT Scientists update a classic zoological map from 1876. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20797808 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20797808 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:20:24 GMT Celebrating the UK's bright and beautiful native fungi. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20511235 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20511235 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:46:02 GMT Crocodiles' iconic scales are the result of physical cracking. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20523854 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20523854 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:07:59 GMT Celebrating our landscapes and the tree-planting season. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20464917 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20464917 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:40:54 GMT Summer of Wildlife is a major new BBC season set to reveal the wonders of the UK's remarkable plants and animals. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/22373534 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/22373534 Fri, 03 May 2013 14:53:23 GMT Step into springtime at Sydenham Woods for a woodland festival. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/22343416 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/22343416 Wed, 01 May 2013 03:40:11 GMT Where are the best blooms to be found? http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17314271 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17314271 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:00:20 GMT