Open letter calls for green policies that empower farmers, after months of protests jeopardise future of flagship biodiversity deal

‘The first time it happened, it gave rise to all complex life,’ scientists say

Breakthrough could impact everything from weather forecasts to energy production

As bird flu is confirmed in 33 cattle herds across eight US states, Ian Sample talks to virologist Dr Ed Hutchinson of Glasgow University about why this development has taken scientists by surprise, and how prepared we are for the possibility it migh ...

‘The first time it happened, it gave rise to all complex life,’ scientists say

Industry’s sugar substitute E961 can have ‘toxic effect on health’, says study finding sweetener capable of damaging intestinal bacteria

The findings push back the previous oldest dated example of the trait by nearly 300 million years.

Prolonged infection leads to emergence of novel immune-evasive variant in patient

scientists confirmed the H5N1 virus in dairy cows in March after weeks of reports that cows in Texas were suffering

‘The first time it happened, it gave rise to all complex life,’ scientists say

Full and part skeletons found in Mexico reveal body shape and anatomy of Pytchodus as well as its likely diet

Labradors are known for being greedy dogs, and now scientists have come up with a theory about the genetic factors that might be behind their behaviour. Science correspondent and labrador owner Nicola Davis visits Cambridge University to meet Dr Elea ...

‘The first time it happened, it gave rise to all complex life,’ scientists say

A fossil of the "largest snake to ever have existed" has been found in western India. Twenty-seven vertebrae belonging to a 15-metre-long non-venomous creature scientists have named Vasuki indicus - longer than a T Rex - were discov ...

As tensions with China rise, scientists at America’s leading universities complain of stalled research after crackdown at airports

Recordings of healthy fish are being transmitted to attract heat-tolerant larvae back to degraded reefs in the Maldives

Influenza is still the biggest threat to global health as WHO raises fears about the spread of avian strain

Aliens could be purple and not green, a new study claims. Astronomers are expanding the search for extraterrestrial life beyond the conventional green pigments. Recent research by scientists from the Carl Sagan Institute and Cornell University has d ...

Snake was comparable in size to extinct Titanoboa, researchers say

scientists estimate Vasuki indicus was up to 15m long, weighed a tonne and would have constricted its prey