BBC: Science and Environment

• US grounds SpaceX's Starship after test flight explosion

  The rocket's upper stage disintegrated over the Caribbean, forcing airline flights to alter course.

• 'Once-in-a-century' discovery reveals spectacular luxury of Pompeii

  A huge private bathhouse is found after lying hidden for 2,000 years under volcanic rock and ash.

• Nepal's leader says it has too many tigers. Does it?

  Wild tigers killed nearly 40 people in Nepal between 2019 and 2023. Solutions are hard to come by.

• Warning of stowaway snakes and tree-frogs hiding in pot plants

  Frogs, lizards, snakes and insect pests are being transported across the world on ornamental plants.

• Nasa astronaut stuck in space ventures outside

  Nasa astronaut Suni Williams, one of two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, has completed her first spacewalk since arriving.