The continent’s ice caps are melting, and both native and alien species will soon colonise the newly uncovered areas.
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Bats get a bad press but the good far outweighs the bad.
Having all your green in one place or not has been taxing urban planners for some time.
The BBC presenter has annoyed some charities, but he’s a well-informed insider with some good points to make.
Different clicking sounds can’t be explained by genetics or different environments – the whales are learning from their relatives.
His energy manifesto doesn’t present ‘old solutions to old problems’ but provocative responses to increasingly urgent challenges.
‘Theiving magpies’ obsessed with glitter but what’s the truth amid the folklore?
Stay alert, make lots of noise, and if all else fails, carry a big gun.
Turns out pigs have more boar in them than we thought.
Imagine a wind turbine, but underwater, not fixed to the seabed, and able to work 24/7.
The sea straddles two tectonic plates and is lined by large towns and cities. We need to take the tsunami threat seriously.
Grey squirrels hate these reclusive, cat-sized predators.
Glaciers once covered most of Earth’s surface and reflected the sun’s heat back into space.
One of the world’s top weather forecasting services just lost a major contract.
A new method for creating a form of graphene with carbon dioxide sucked from the air has been announced with misleading claims.
Solutions from London or Los Angeles won’t necessarily work in Lagos or Kinshasa as in Africa cars are only one part of the problem.
With emissions targets to hit and oil running out, it’s time to take electric planes seriously.
We’re heading for mass extinctions in the world’s most diverse ecosystem.
Heat should be valued, preserved and put to use
Tiny nanoparticles emitted during building work can enter your lungs and bloodstream.
Islam may predate climate change, but ancient principles can be applied to modern problems.
These massacres entail killing on a relative scale seen today only in the most war-torn countries.
The unambitious Clean Power Plan is too little, very late.
Despite futuristic predictions, planes, cars and trains haven’t changed much for decades.
After all the jubilation about the president’s plan, it’s time for a reality check.