A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrou...

A fundamental rupture in the values that have united North America is not a problem that can be wished away, says Canadian commentator Jen Gerson

Researchers hope contest – similar to Fat Bear Week – starting Monday will be latest wildlife watching craze

At this point of the crisis in our relations with the natural world, we’ve got to protect these creatures – and we are running out of time, says naturalist Chris Packham

25-year-old band Demon Hunter says name of streamer’s hit movie creates ‘substantial confusion’ among consumers

The long read: Given the size and age of the universe, it should be full of species with technology far more advanced than our own. But so far there is no trace

Tenacious and confounding, the horseshoe crab pre-dates dinosaurs and has copper-based blood vital to vaccine safety

Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?

Even for nonbelievers like me, the pope has become a reassuring – and all too rare – voice of moral clarity

Constant validation and flattery from AI chatbots poses a serious risk to society and our shared grasp of reality, writes Arwa Mahdawi

In this week’s newsletter: The public stranding of a young humpback exposes tensions between animal rights activism and other choices around biodiversity

Female home owners report feeling stuck between men’s contradictory expectations – they are told to be independent, but not assume the breadwinner role

When the birds started nesting on her land at Useless Bay, in Chile, Cecilia Durán Gafo decided she would protect them from people and predators

The behavioural cue of ‘flexible self-protection’ is a way to establish whether an animal feels pain, scientists say

Significant gains this week lay bare an increasingly fragmented political system

With the help of citizen scientists, researchers studying rare humpback ‘jaw-gaping’ believe the move could be a social display

He has been besieged by birds, had 120m crabs try to crawl up his trouser leg and stayed cool beside an erupting Icelandic volcano. As David Attenborough turns 100, we celebrate his most extraordinary...

Naturalist says he has been ‘overwhelmed by greetings’ as milestone is marked with event at Royal Albert Hall

In the UK capital, Bomb Crater Pond is full of wildlife, while scientists studying land obliterated by recent Russian blasts 1,500 miles away have seen ‘how quickly nature begins to heal itself’

Early birds were like ‘T rex reincarnated’, says scientist who believes avian skulls offer insight into dinosaurs’ behaviour

The undercroft at London’s Southbank Centre has been a haven for skateboarders since the 1970s. Now a new exhibition is celebrating its contribution to culture – and community

For his project ‘De Oförtrutna’ (The Relentless), photographer Christer Björkman pictured Swedish scientists working in the spirit of Carl Linneaus, the botanist who created the modern taxonomic syste...

Pope Leo says he has ‘no intention to debate’ with the US president after he posted a diatribe accusing the pope of catering to the ‘radical left’

The king has the chance to offer some tough love. Perhaps he could start with a speech to Congress about the Trump administration’s reckless trajectory, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon...