SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Rebecca Morelle,Science Editor and Alison Francis,Senior Science JournalistChris Damant/Bernwood EcologyIt seems more bats are seeking sanctuary in churches."They're losing lots of habitat - lots of woodland," says Spencer. "And we're also knocking down old buildings, making our homes warmer,...

Across Jamaica, streets are littered with torn-off roofs, splintered wood and other debris left in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. Downed power lines have left communities in the dark, and many flooded and wind-damaged homes...

The MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC) is a presidential initiative with a mission of elevating human-centered research and...

Scientists have long puzzled over the origins of a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s: Was it a young T. rex or another type of dinosaur?At first, researchers had only a tyrannosaur skull to go...

Available for over a yearWhat’s been called the storm of the century - Hurricane Melissa – has barrelled through Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas over the past two days. Hannah Cloke, Professor of Hydrology at the University of Reading,...

Mark PoyntingClimate reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesWorld leaders will soon gather for their annual meeting on how to tackle climate change.COP30 is taking place ten years after the Paris climate agreement, in which countries pledged to try to restrict the...

The UK's winter flu season has begun five weeks earlier than usual, health officials are warning.The UK Health Security Agency said cases were rising quickly among children and young people – and warned the virus would soon start to...

Sticking to a workout schedule is tough even when everything is going normally and you have a pretty standard daily routine. Once you...

A Japanese flower lures in its pollinators with a morbid perfume — the scent of injured ants.The unusual scent belongs to Vincetoxicum nakaianum, a recently named species of Japanese dogsbane. Botanist Ko Mochizuki of the University of Tokyo discovered...

Follow the online briefing on the launch scheduled for 4 November 2025. The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission delivers radar images of Earth’s surface. It is vital for disaster response teams, environmental agencies, maritime authorities, climate scientists. Embed code https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DapmzZe297M Source link