Science & Systems

Golden Rice will only strengthen the grip of corporations over rice and agriculture, endangering agrobiodiversity and human health.

UK's Covid-19 vaccine deals with Novavax and Janssen threaten fair global distribution, campaigners warn.

Gorillas develop the most complex relationships in teams of 12 to 20 - rather than larger groups.

'Science cannot be left in the hands of those who champion the multinational seed and agrochemical companies.'

Land in Amazon 'arc of deforestation' turned into small scale 'silvopastoral' systems, where animals graze among trees.

RSPB’s innovative citizen science photography project needs your pictures.

Gorillas can 'peacefully co-exist' while 'owning' territory - so why can't we?

'We are currently way off track to meeting either the 1.5C or 2C targets that the Paris Agreement calls for.'

Biofouling leads the turtles into an 'olfactory trap' - causing them to ingest deadly marine plastic pieces.

Researchers from the Imperial College London scanned the brains of bees exposed to imidacloprid.

Record numbers take part in citizen science to protect whales and dolphins off Scotland’s west coast.

Methane emissions from fossil fuels owing to human activity is around 25 percent to 40 percent higher than thought

Reflections on cities without trees, and the difficulty of reconnecting with arboreal life in modern times.

Environmental group WWF has launched a campaign calling for new laws to prevent companies importing products that are causing deforestation.

Trees for Life is to establish the world’s first rewilding centre near Loch Ness in the Highlands.

Closing a bottle with cork significantly reduces the carbon footprint of wine packaging and helps sustain vital ecosystems.

The blockade of a Russian landfill site inspired a nationwide movement against plans to export garbage to poorer and less populated areas in the Russian hinterlands.

A quarter of 94 sports grounds across five UK cities exceeded World Health Organisation recommended limits for PM2.5 particles, nitrogen dioxide.

Every colony surveyed on Elephant Island has seen numbers of breeding pairs drop since the last survey in 1971.

The Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme team from the Zoological Society of London examine 12.44m sub-adult male sperm whale.

Bumblebees are disappearing at rates “consistent with a mass extinction".

All new homes in Wales to be heated and powered from clean energy sources from 2025.

Exhibition showcases projects by leading architects in the field of flood resilient architecture.

Penguins follow Zipf's law of brevity and Menzerath-Altmann law which both characterise human speech patterns.