SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

The public inquiry into the Lucy Letby case may have reserved the strongest criticism for the Countess of Chester Hospital and its management, but there are big questions for the wider NHS to answer too.The Thirlwall inquiry's final report,...

If you’re down under and you give the right tree a rustle, you might encounter a record-breaking, globally recognized music icon. Or at least a bug named after her.Meet Swiftiephylus, a newly described group of Australian insects. The big-eyed...

BoglandMerritt R. TuretskyW.W. Norton & Company, $29.99Thank goodness Merritt Turetsky became captivated by boglands. The ecosystem ecologist evocatively describes the beauty, danger and vitality of these ecosystems in her book, Bogland.“Buffering the space between forest and river, boglands refuse...

Plans to build a new data centre could threaten the habitat of one of Britain's most endangered plants and a rare species of bumblebee, a wildlife trust said.A planning application has already been submitted for the Google data centre...