Mining bee stronghold uncovered
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Multiple nests of one of the UK's rarest insects are found on the Scottish islands.
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By DEBORAH BAKER SANTA FE, N.M. - Here's the latest buzz on detecting explosives: bomb-sniffing bees. A study at Los Alamos National Laboratory has found that honeybees can be trained to detect explosives, even in tiny quantities.
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A rare plant which was believed to be extinct in the UK is rediscovered in a Herefordshire orchard.
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By JOHN ARNOLD Journal Staff Writer  LOS ALAMOS -- Environmental managers at Los Alamos National Laboratory can only guess at what's buried in Material Disposal Area B, one of the lab's oldest radioactive landfills.
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The coal mine where five miners were killed in an explosion last spring in eastern Kentucky has been sealed and the mine abandoned, federal regulators said.
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Scientists yesterday identified a virus as one of the likely causes of the recent wave of honeybee colony collapses across the country.
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Science & environment: Some of Britain's ugliest industrial sites are being transformed into wildlife paradises, providing a haven for plants and animals, reports Stephen Moss.
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No plan to seek out underground civilisations, though British boffins are developing a mechanical, mole-like robotic system which could dig its way through debris or rubble. The technology could be used to build burrowing rescue machines able to retrieve people trapped by collapsing buildings or tunnels.â¦
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A mystery syndrome is wiping out the pollinating bees and leaving Florida's crops in peril.
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Fossilized orchid pollen on the back of  a bee preserved in amber has offered the first evidence that  these delicate flowers existed around the time of the  dinosaurs, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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A biologist investigates claims that animals flourished in the radiated 40-mile-diameter âexclusion zone.â
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By Allyson Bond, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Jun. 17--RANDOLPH COUNTY -- A rare species of flower will remain in its natural habitat in RandolphCounty.
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A flyby by a Nasa unmanned space probe has revealed evidence of "widespread" volcanism on the planet Mercury.
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A remote Mars life-detection strategy is being tested in the fjords of Scandanavia, with a goal of eventually identifying even a single biological cell hiding in the rugged landscape.
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Even a bee sting couldn&#39;t spoil Larry Nelson&#39;s success at the Constellation Energy Classic. Nelson returns to the site of his famous bee sting Friday when the
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The dreaded Africanized honey beeâbetter known as the &quot;killer bee&quot;âmay be buzzing slightly northward. Entomologists believe that an Africanized swarm was responsible for an attack in Tipton, Okla.
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EVELETH - Mining on the Iron Range was one of the major economic success stories in 2004, with taconite pellet production among six mines at the highest level since 2000, when seven mines were producing.