Environment

Available for 32 daysSynthetic biologist Kate Adamal and her team at the University of Minnesota published their research into the lab-created ‘SpudCell’ in a significant step towards building life from scratch. Science journalist, Kai Kupferschmidt, joins us to discuss...

In southwestern Bangladesh, where extreme heat and severe tropical cyclones threaten the lives of millions of people,...

It’s pretty commonly known, and not very startling, that free-ranging cats eat birds and small rodents. But the degree to which they eat insects might surprise you.We are biologists who for many years have been...

Across North America, in places such as Illinois, Iowa and Texas, farmers are busy growing the crops the world depends on for food, fuel and fiber.But as their tractors roll across fields, a pressing concern...

For eight days, a fire has been burning at a waste mountain in Indonesia.The blaze at Jatiwaringin landfill, on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta, has spread across more than 15 hectares, smothering the area in thick, toxic smoke...

A heatwave in May set monthly temperature records across Europe; a heatwave in June became the hottest ever observed...

Arable farmers may soon be able to stop slugs eating their crops thanks to research by a Shropshire-based university and the work of "slug sleuth" farmers.Data collected by 28 "slug sleuths" has helped researchers from Harper Adams University find...

Spring migration has taken flight, but with rising temperatures and shifting seasons, birds are adjusting when and how they migrate to keep up with a rapidly warming climate.Morgan Tingley, a professor of ecology and evolutionary...

Our unusually large brains are one of the defining features of our species. But there is no evidence that...

We might only be a few days into July, but two record-breaking summer heatwaves have already provided the UK and Europe with a snapshot of their new climate.Hot on the heels of May's heat, June saw temperature records not...