With ice and permafrost thawing fast, nations are racing to exploit the Arctic's newly accessible treasures. Yet there are ...

Hunting the origin of 40 per cent of the languages spoken today is a huge feat, but Laura Spinney's new book makes an ...

There's a fierce debate raging in the horticulture world over whether adding ice cubes to your orchid is beneficial or ...

UK show Adolescence is sparking debate about the harm of social media. We need a series to do the same for the most pressing crisis of our times, says Bethan Ackerley ...

Corporations and governments are playing fast and loose with environmental protections. Are there still ways we can make a difference as individuals, and live a climate-friendly life, asks Graham Lawt ...

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The attempted creation of dire wolves could undermine conservation efforts by making people think extinct species can be revived, says the International Union for Conservation of Nature ...

Greater mouse-tailed bats crawl backwards over cave walls, and it seems they use their long tails to help feel their way ...

Unusual signals called quasi periodic eruptions appear to come from black holes, but we don't know what creates them. Now ...

The game, called StarStarter, rewards players for directing their attention away from negative stimuli and towards positive ...

Machine learning helped show how harnessing the weird effects of Einstein’s special relativity could enable a new kind of ...

An aerodynamic material that mimics shark skin helps planes fly with less drag – and it can be added to existing aircraft ...