The government's new environmental plan is a start, but without a radical shift, UK nature and biodiversity will remain on a ...
An international research team may have found an explanation for seismic anomalies, the noticeable deviations in the behavior of earthquake waves, in Earth's inner core.
A Swedish study reviewed 196 studies to understand biophobia, why people fear or dislike nature, and how those feelings can ...
The world's biggest climate philanthropy has given $24.5 million to protect coastal ecosystems as part of a plan to create ...
Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...
Fresh evidence suggests early Earth wasn’t locked under a rigid stagnant lid but was already experiencing intense subduction.
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Australia is home to more than 1,800 orchid species—many found nowhere else. But these unique plants face growing threats.
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Several sugars have been found on a sample of the asteroid Bennu, which may provide scientists with clues about our early ...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is a chemical goldmine, holding life's building blocks four times richer than local comets.
Scientific American sits down with nature writer Robert Macfarlane to discuss his latest book—one of our top picks of ...