Most recent stories

• Early Americans had a coastal diet

  Settlers travelled to the coast to get their seaweed.

  08 May 2008

• Climate troubles brewing for beer makers

  Rising temperatures are affecting European hop harvests.

  02 May 2008

• US ocean-research projects in dire economic straits

  Multiple marine projects under threat from cash squeeze.

  30 April 2008

• Fossil faeces pinpoint earliest North Americans

  Evidence confirms humans were in the Americas more than 14,000 years ago.

  03 April 2008

• Pacific "dwarf" bones cause controversy

  Some researchers think the Palau finds are the remains of youngsters.

  10 March 2008

• Flooding the Grand Canyon

  Waters set to be unleashed to recreate spring floods.

  05 March 2008

• Hobbit was 'a cretin'

  Fossil may be early example of hypothyroidism.

  04 March 2008

• Fossil reptiles mired in controversy

  Name-calling sparks dispute over aetosaurs.

  30 January 2008

• Fears for oldest human footprints

  Fossilized tracks pose preservation puzzle.

  09 January 2008

• Airgun ban halts seismic tests

  Whales sink plan for survey off the Canadian coast.

  02 January 2008