We now have full genome sequences for six species of apes, helping us to pin down our last common ancestor – and potentially ...

In spite of policies requiring housing projects in England to benefit nature, many of the trees, habitats and nest boxes ...

Chinese researchers have a new method to extract uranium from seawater twice as cheaply as previous technologies. Their ...

An analysis of compounds in chilli peppers has revealed chemicals that seem to negate their heat-giving capsaicinoids. This ...

A newly described poison dart frog, which is about the size of a thumbnail, has been found in the forests of the Juruá river ...

New research suggests wealthy democracies offshore their pollution to other nations – but is that what’s really going on?