Artificial night-time light confuses a colour-changing coastal woodlouse, new research shows.
Humans are taking colossal risks with the future of civilisation and everything that lives on Earth, a new study published in the journal Nature shows.
A 1987 global deal to protect the ozone layer is delaying the first ice-free Arctic summer by up to 15 years, new research shows.
Current climate policies will leave more than a fifth of humanity exposed to dangerously hot temperatures by 2100, new research suggests.
Small-scale wildlife surveys can reveal the health of entire ecosystems, new research shows.
Life in the ocean’s “twilight zone” could decline dramatically due to climate change, new research suggests.
Fungal spores found in dung have revealed that large animals went extinct in two “waves” in the Colombian Andes.
A new study has highlighted under-prepared regions across the world most at risk of the devastating effects of scorching temperatures.
Plant species may only need to move short distances to track their preferred habitats as the climate changes, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change.
Female African monarch butterflies have no trouble finding a mate – even when a parasite kills most of the males, new research shows.
Pollinators such as honeybees produce special enzymes that detoxify defence chemicals produced by plants, new research shows.
DNA testing has confirmed widespread – and probably illegal – international trading of critically endangered European eels.
Plans to reintroduce the lynx in Scotland provoke a complex range of opinions, new research shows.
Research published today shows how countries have contributed to global warming through their emissions of key greenhouse gases since 1850 – marking a new effort to track impacts in a critical decade for climate policy.
Microplastic pollution reduces energy production in a microscopic creature found in freshwater worldwide, new research shows.
Noise from human activities is harming ocean invertebrates and ecosystems, new research shows.
Brazil must protect and restore its dry forests and savannas to achieve its climate goals, new research shows.
A simple 19th Century tool is still useful to ocean scientists in the age of satellites, new research shows.