News from BBC- Half-cock chicken mystery solved March 11, 2010Researchers in Edinburgh say they have solved the mystery of why some chickens hatch out half-male and half-female. […]
- Parched island March 11, 2010Politicians look away as Cyprus dies of drought […]
- Farming future March 11, 2010The dawning age of the agricultural automatons […]
- Japan protest over tuna ban plan March 11, 2010Japan voices opposition to a proposed ban on international trade in bluefin tuna, after the EU backs the plan. […]
- In pictures: Bear power March 11, 2010The European brown bear's love of electricity and telegraph poles is helping scientists gain new insights into its behaviour. […]
- Scientists to review climate body March 10, 2010The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body. […]
- EU to back bluefin tuna trade ban March 10, 2010EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover. […]
- Starling flock 'falls from sky' March 10, 2010Mystery surrounds the deaths of 75 starlings which fell from the sky on to the driveway of a Somerset house. […]
- Ancient eggshell yields its DNA March 10, 2010The eggshells of long-dead and extinct species are a particularly good source to find preserved DNA, researchers say. […]
- Harrabin's Notes March 10, 2010Environmentalists and the EU lock horns over biofuels […]