Blind influencer Lucy Edwards on choosing IVF which will screen out the gene that made her who she is.

It was a challenge to choose from among the wonderful creatures including insects, arachnids and crustaceans

A year-long series of events marks 80 years since admission of Marjory Stephenson and Kathleen Lonsdale in 1945

To fully understand how the human brain works, knowledge of its structure at high resolution is needed. Presented here is a computationally intensive reconstruction of the ultrastructure of a cubic mi...

Could plants be the key to combatting malaria? New research uncovers the link between this deadly insect’s diet and disease transmission.

Experiments on mice could see hairy, genetically modified elephants living in the Arctic, a US company claims.

Much of Britain's seagrass beds have been lost but the project aims to plant 14 hectares over three years.

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The winners of the Nature inFocus Photography Awards 2024 have been announced.

Research group says discovery could lead to new type of environmentally friendly farming

Seeds from the last toromiro, unique to remote Easter Island, were taken away in the 1960s. Now, after a crucial discovery gave hope for its survival, it is making a return

Consumption in wealthy countries including US and UK is responsible for 13% of global forest loss beyond their borders, study finds

Phosphate, key to food production, is choking waterways, but a new sponge-like material returns it to the soil for crops

Dog skull shape shows that human breeding effort has driven obvious shape changes but with no associated performance differences.

The technology could give patients with advanced heart failure new hope, based on early trial results.

Scientists led by University College London (UCL) and the European Synchrotron (ESRF) have, for the first time, imaged two whole human adult hearts, one

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Campaigners, politicians and zoo managers disagree on where Wikie and her son Keijo should be sent.

After edging close to extinction, there are now some 2,000 Iberian lynxes in Spain and Portugal.

As superbugs spread across the globe, death rates from antimicrobial resistance are set to double, says England’s former chief medical officer