Exclusive: The tax-funded research aims to protect British wildlife from the human-caused climate crisis

Exclusive: Research and invention agency hopes to harness ‘powers of biotechnology’ for purpose of conservation

Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...

A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.

What if saving the climate means giving up on democracy?

As heat waves intensify, cities are racing to develop ways to cool large outdoor areas, from simple mist-spraying towers to complex schemes to create artificial clouds.

Researchers find that changing the use of tilling, fertilizers, and chemicals could reshape the microbiomes of farm soils—reducing the emergence of drug-resistant pathogens.

As heat waves intensify, cities are racing to develop ways to cool large outdoor areas, from simple mist-spraying towers to complex schemes to create artificial clouds.

In this article, we show that ground burrows influenced reptile populations inconsistently across both the 5-year field study in the Kiskunság and the broader systematic review, which together reveal...

The U.S.–Israeli war on Iran has caused massive environmental devastation, adding to the long history of American wars with toxic legacies.

Recent studies reveal striking representational alignment between artificial neural networks (ANNs) and biological brains, leading to proposals that all sufficiently capable systems converge on univer...

Every crime scene contains hidden microbial clues. Now, after decades of promise, researchers are establishing what those bacterial traces can reliably reveal – and whether the evidence will ever stan...

Increasing desertification now means large parts of Earth are becoming inhospitable. Can gene-edited bacteria save our planet from drying out?

Thanks to the drought, these black-and-white beauties are struggling to catch worms in the rock-hard earth. But there’s still good foraging on well-watered fairways and greens

Every crime scene contains hidden microbial clues. Now, after decades of promise, researchers are establishing what those bacterial traces can reliably reveal – and whether the evidence will ever stand up in court

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Increasing desertification now means large parts of Earth are becoming inhospitable. Can gene-edited bacteria save our planet from drying out?

Increasing desertification now means large parts of Earth are becoming inhospitable. Can gene-edited bacteria save our planet from drying out?

On the high-altitude plains of Tibet, ringed by snowy mountains and buffeted by harsh winds, scientists are hard at work creating horned, fluffy clones.

Unhoused people face the risk of contracting disease from wild animals, while animals can be displaced by human presence.

They remain a remarkable example of Aboriginal innovation... and form one part of a growing body of work that challenges how hunter-gatherer Australian societies have long been perceived.

Bees respond to tasty treats or plain water based on context, a study that may provide support for establishing insect sentience shows

A set of experimental techniques and technologies that might seem harmful to trees is actually helping ancient forests survive.

Norway’s Rogfast is an exceptional engineering feat, opening a route for drivers deep below the North Sea. We went down to see it.

A set of experimental techniques and technologies that might seem harmful to trees is actually helping ancient forests survive.

Mapping Earth’s underground mycorrhizal fungal networks — the hidden infrastructure beneath our feet.

Vast offshore habitats face threats including mining, trawling, and drilling for oil

A newly discovered species raises hope that some native British habitats could be restored.

Here's how monks in central China helped turn Victor Wembanyama into what he has now become: the most unstoppable force in basketball.

The satellite-tagged bird, part of a breeding programme, lost contact in the North York Moors.