Chief scientist joins calls for Australia to dramatically boost energy efficiency
Australia’s chief scientist, Alan Finkel, has warned the country is not doing enough to lift energy…
The cat’s whiskers: new way of counting lions could boost conservation efforts
From widescreen high-definition wildlife documentaries to food brands, royal crests, sporting teams and Disney movies, the…
‘Tipping point’: Greta Thunberg hails Black Lives Matter protests – video
Play Video Reflecting on the protests that have swept the globe in recent weeks, the Swedish…
Why lockdown silence was golden for science
One of the few upsides of lockdown was that, if a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square,…
‘It’s like pea soup’: poultry farms turn Wye into wildlife death trap
The beauty of the River Wye has been acclaimed for centuries. “If you have never navigated…
‘Tipping point’: Greta Thunberg hails Black Lives Matter protests
Greta Thunberg has said the Black Lives Matter protests show society has reached a tipping point…
Last chance for the Persian leopard: the fight to save Iraqi Kurdistan’s forests
In the spring, the Pirmagrun mountain, one of the world’s last refuges for the endangered Persian…
Researchers capture drone footage of African ‘tree lions’ in conservation study – video
Play Video 1:39 Researcher Alexander Braczkowski spent a year monitoring and filming lions in the Queen…
The week in wildlife – in pictures
An elk wades through a river in the Shishou Elk national natural reserve in Jingzhou, central…
Tiny plankton tell the ocean’s story – this vast marine mission has been listening
On a clear day, from their small, unassuming warehouse on the south Devon coast, Lance Gregory…