Research

Scientists have discovered a type of worm that can eat plastic

Discovery of plastic-munching superworm 'exciting', say scientists

An 'ugly fish' like this one might not attract much conservation money

Why we need to save ugly fish from extinction

A solar panel working at night.

'Night solar panels' that work in the dark could be just as productive

A Tasmanian tiger (Thylacine), which was declared extinct in 1936, is displayed at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

What is 'de-extinction' and can animals be brought back from the dead?

Eight Weddell seals were deployed for the winter to record water temperatures and salt levels.

Scientists recruit seals to be their research assistants

Researchers discovered hotspots of life on extinct volcanoes near the North Pole.

Giant 'sponge gardens' discovered deep in the Arctic Ocean

Cumulus clouds are formed over Tokyo

Scientists warn climate change could unleash ‘rivers in the sky’

24/01/2022

The fossil of a similar species, a tibiotarsus, bottom, is displayed next to a similar bone for an Emperor Penguin in Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019.

27 million-year-old penguin fossil found by kids in New Zealand

19/09/2021

Protecting Antarctica - The geopolitical challenge with high global stakes

Protecting Antarctica - The geopolitical challenge with high global stakes

14/09/2021

A diver collects rapa whelk off the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria

The Black Sea predators helping local fishing communities thrive

24/08/2021

a researcher displaying seed samples in a tunnel at the Baekdudaegan National Arboretum Seed Vault Centre in the southeastern mountainous county of Bonghwa.

South Korea's 'high security seed vault' is ready for an apocalypse

02/06/2021

Sunniva Sorby, Hilde Fålun Strøm in front of the remote trappers cabin known as Bamsebu, where they ended up locked down during the pandemic.

Why two women spent a year in the Arctic without men

08/03/2021

The iceberg, known as A68, is too big to be caught on camera from the air.

How the world's biggest iceberg could cause an environmental disaster

23/12/2020

Building, roads and cars make up a lot of the mass of human made items on the planet

Human ‘stuff’ will soon weigh more than all living things on Earth

10/12/2020

The Duke of Cambridge, Duchess of Cambridge and Sir David Attenborough (seated on the stade) attend the naming ceremony of Britain's new polar research ship.

‘Sir David Attenborough’ ship prepares for first mission to Antarctica

21/10/2020