Government funding priorities on river maintenance before last winter's floods were a "Cinderella" activity and remain at a "bare minimum", say MPs.

The UK satellite company Inmarsat tells the BBC that the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines jet has yet to go to the area its scientists think is the plane's most likely crash site.

A UK team believes it can now make skilful predictions of how much sea ice will melt during Arctic summers, and says this year's minimum extent will likely be very similar to last year's.

Social spiders' personalities determine the tasks they perform and the division of labour in their societies, a new study finds.

More diseased meat could end up in sausages and pies because of changes to rules governing slaughterhouse safety checks, say hygiene inspectors.

Sites like Google and Bing Maps will now be able to use higher-quality satellite images, thanks to US restrictions being lifted.