Jane Goodall, who chronicled the social lives of chimps, has died, but she leaves a lasting legacy on how we view the natural ...

A free-floating planet has been seen devouring astonishing amounts of matter, hinting that stars and planets are more alike ...

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it ...

AI tools are being used to design proteins and even viruses, leading to fears these could eventually be used to evade ...

Learning to play an instrument has long been linked to improved reading skills among children, and we may finally understand ...

The DART mission achieved its goal of changing one asteroid’s orbit around another, but questions remain about why the orbit ...

In most mammals, females live longer than males, but in birds the trend goes the other way – a study of over 1000 species ...

Acclaimed conservationist and chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall has died, leaving behind a legacy of empathy for primates and ...

The way antibiotics called polymyxins pierce the armour of bacteria has been revealed in stunning detail by high-resolution ...

Premenstrual syndrome and its symptoms is neglected by science, so Sarah Hill's new book is welcome. But it needs more on ...

In his book The Genius Bat, ecologist Yossi Yovel explains why these mammals are a vital part of ecosystems, pollinating ...

Feedback is amazed to find that the audible vocalisations of the house mouse is all but unstudied in favour of the ultrasonic ...