Environment
Alaska's rivers are turning bright orange - and we know why
Acid rock drainage might have implications for wildlife and people, scientists say.
Scientists put tiny greenhouses over Antarctica’s only two flowering plants and left them there for 7 years. Here's why
A warming climate is forcing Antarctica’s native plants to adapt. Not only have they risen to the challenge, they’ve adapted in two different ways, according to a new study.
Manhattan-sized iceberg breaks free in Greenland. What caused the event has never been seen before
The Petermann Ice Shelf in northern Greenland just experienced its largest calving event since 2020 – here's what caused it.
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More than 5% of Switzerland’s glacial ice vanished in 2026, say scientists
A winter with little snow followed by an exceptionally warm summer has led to a year of rapid melting in the European country.
It was twice the size of Greater London and weighed nearly 1 trillion tonnes – but it wasn’t the largest of its kind
What’s the world’s largest iceberg? As it turns out, there are several contenders
It may look like a giant natural spa, but its water is hot, acidic and can cause serious burns
The world’s largest hot spring has a milky-green surface and bubbles with geothermal activity
It can grow as tall as a 10-storey building and live for 400 years – and it's filled with tiny 'helicopters'
Meet the sycamore tree – a true giant of the forest.
“The animals found deep down could easily star in a science fiction movie – including ones that float through the darkness like disembodied buttocks.”
The mesopelagic zone stretches from 200 metres to 1,000 metres deep and is full of bizarre, baffling and even bioluminescent creatures
It's longer than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, weighs 499 tonnes and sits 24 metres below the surface, where sharks patrol Noonu Atoll’s tropical waters
The retired tuna freighter has been sunk in an attempt to create a new marine habitat in the Maldives
"A lion began calling – a sawing, rasping sound that echoed off the rocks." I camped alone in Namibia's brutal desert and I'll never forget what happened to me
Anton Crone shares his experience traversing the dangerous Hoanib Valley and close encounters with the local wildlife
This golf course in England was intentionally flooded. Now something amazing is happening
The new reserve is an addition to the Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park and will provide important refuge for wildlife.
Scientists just climbed 38 of the tallest trees in Borneo. What they found was staggering
Researchers have discovered that Borneo's enormous tropical trees have evolved remarkable ‘workarounds’ to protect themselves from drought.
East Antarctica recently gained almost 700 billion tonnes of ice – and scientists know why
What happens in Antarctica can influence the whole planet, so scientists keep a close eye on environmental changes.
Wild animals stranded on island in Kenya. Scientists visited 5 years later – and found something worrying
In 2020, zebras, giraffes, impalas and waterbucks were all marooned on Crescent Island in Lake Naivasha – and they've remained there ever since.
It’s larger than New York State and contains more than 30 billion tonnes of carbon – equivalent to 3 years of global fossil fuel emissions
The Cuvette Centrale, in the centre of the Congo Basin, is the largest tropical peatland in the world
It’s so vast you could plonk London’s St Paul’s Cathedral in the middle, it contains a 100-metre tower of poop and it's home to 3 million mammals
Would you venture into Deer Cave?
This strange, steamy lake bubbles with boiling volcanic water – but sometimes almost vanishes
Steam rises from a vast, grey-blue lake deep in the mountains of Dominica, known as 'Boiling Lake'
It's over 75 million years old and like something out of a fantasy video game with outlandish giant mushrooms, fairy chimneys and an alien throne.
Here's why the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness has bizarre sandstone formations
Drowned at the end of the Ice Age: The flooded abyss longer than the Grand Canyon and teeming with hundreds of creatures, from mammals to reptiles
The world’s longest underwater cave system can be found in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula – but which one is it?
It’s taller than the Statue of Liberty, older than the Roman Empire –and faces a deadly threat
3 trees in New Zealand’s Waipoua Forest were already ancient centuries before Europeans arrived on these shores.
A harvest for the wild: how responsible wild harvesting helps regeneration
Wild harvesting can help to protect landscapes while supporting the communities who depend on it
Scientists locate gigantic caves hidden deep beneath the Australian Outback
Mysterious trenches stretching across the surface of Australia’s Nullarbor Plain are allowing researchers to find ancient cave systems far below the ground.
Scientists just photographed a place that's never been seen by humans before. What the images reveal is shocking
During a survey of the Mar del Plata Canyon off the coast of Argentina, deep-sea researchers found dozens of pieces of human rubbish, including food wrappers, a plastic cup and a rubber boot.
"It’s responsible for sinking 800 ships and killing 20,000 people…" What are the most dangerous parts of the ocean?
From hazardous seas to venomous creatures, the ocean can be full of threats. But these regions could be the most dangerous on the planet.
