If defence and intelligence agencies understand the risks from climate and biodiversity collapse, why can’t politicians?

Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’

Sponges have a cryptic Ediacaran history because ancestral sponges were soft-bodied and had low fossilization potential.

Since the late 1980s, various experiments have been conducted in polymetallic nodule fields of the Pacific Ocean to assess the potential environmental impacts of future mining, specifically in two are...

We provide a reassessment of the hypothesis of ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene (Maastrichtian–Danian) boundary, based on new data from the lower Danian Cerithium Limestone Member at ...

From Quality Street to Toblerone to the Terry’s classic, festive treats are becoming more of a luxury – and it’s not just down to the price of cocoa

Immense progress in gene-editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025.

Exclusive: DNA advances show Roman-era skeleton, once hailed as first black Briton, came from southern England Beachy Head Woman, a Roman-era skeleton once hailed as the earliest known black Briton and who scientists later speculated could be of Cypriot descent, has now been shown to have originated from southern England. The mystery of the skeleton’s shifting identity was finally resolved after advances in DNA sequencing produced a high quality genetic readout from the remains. Continue reading...

The number of known species on Earth is increasing rapidly, suggesting unexpectedly large numbers of many groups.