National parks, famous for their rich natural heritage, should be at the heart of efforts to protect habitats and wildlife. Instead, experts say they are declining – fast

MPs in Bristol and Stroud want the government to scrap a family visa policy that separates couples

Journalists from Brazil, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago and the UK reflect on how they cope with the anxieties of global warming.

Cranes were culturally significant in Ireland, kept as pets by nobility and may have been associated in folklore with death

US agency guidelines nix funding for studies on climate anxiety and more but allow it for those on extreme weather and health.

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. A global consortium of over 660 contributors, BHL has made more …

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

Potential danger to humans and wildlife from harmful pesticide discovered in fish at 10 times safety limit

The move would devastate weather and climate research even as weather is becoming more erratic and extreme, and would cripple the US industries — including agriculture — that depend on free, accurate ...

Five thousand new homes alongside a paradise for newts appears to fly in face of government’s ‘false wedge’

More than 20 airports across the UK have expansion plans, which will result in a combined increase of 60%+ capacity. More flights means more emissions, at a time when we should be doing everything we…

Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.

Our social security system should be there for us all, especially when we need it most. But the UK government is making huge cuts to disabled people’s support when they’re already three times more lik...

In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.

Biodiversity is great in theory, but there are reasons to fend off invasive species and the knock-on effect of their presence, says professor of invasion biology Tim Blackburn

The Canary Islands are renowned for their breathtaking landscapes and unique endemic flora. From the ancient laurel forests to...

James Harrison rolled up his sleeve more than 1,100 times to give his plasma, which was used in life-saving anti-D medication

Ramadan in London is exceptional in many ways. As the centre of a former Empire which still exerts a global pull on its former subjects and their descendants, London has been at the heart of a wave…

Many of the nations gathering in Rome for Cop16 have offered no plans to honour their agreement to protect 30% of land and sea for nature