Australia’s prehistoric thunder birds – once thought to be the ancestors of emus – were, in fact, the biggest geese that ever ...

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At any time, there are estimated to be at least 13 million snares in protected areas of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam that have ...

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China’s Chang’e 6 spacecraft has successfully landed on the moon’s far side and begun taking samples of lunar rock from the region for the first time. After orbiting the moon for three weeks, the ...

The El Niño climate pattern has contributed to a year of record-breaking temperatures. We must bend the curve of carbon ...

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A 2020 rule that slashed air pollution from ships may have boosted global temperatures sooner than thought, helping to ...

Time loops have long been the stuff of science fiction. Now, using the rules of quantum mechanics, we have a way to ...

A simulation-generated image reveals how charge distributions and gas densities vary in the plasma that floats across our ...

Queen Asian hornets found in East Sussex this year are a genetic match to a 2023 nest, suggesting the invasive species is ...