SCIENCE

Governments from around the world are meeting later this year, to discuss how to stop human activities from causing the extinction of animal and plant… Read more

A global agreement to reverse the loss of nature and halt extinctions is inching closer, as talks in Geneva enter their final day.

International… Read more

It started with "Chernobyl moonshine". Scientists who were studying crops grown in the Chernobyl exclusion zone decided to use some of their leftover… Read more

Planting more trees is one of a combination of solutions to combating climate change, but some trees are far better than others. Which ones though?… Read more

Early warning systems to protect the entire world from extreme weather and climate disasters should be rolled out within five years, according to the… Read more

Orchards are vanishing from the landscape with an area the size of the Isle of Wight lost since 1900, according to research carried out by the National… Read more

To the casual observer, the statement may have seemed unremarkable.

To China, it was an intolerable declaration of diplomatic hostility.

The new James Webb telescope has passed a major milestone in its quest to image the first stars to shine in the cosmos.

Controllers on Tuesday… Read more