13 July 2022
Searching tidal pools for creatures and plants is not just for kids. Joshua Howgego went rock pooling with marine biology expert Helen Scales to discover all kinds of weird and wonderful lifeforms, from anemones and chitons to zooids
14 July 2021
To become an interplanetary species, we may have to genetically engineer ourselves to be more resilient, says geneticist Chris Mason. He has a 500-year plan for life away from Earth
11 December 2019
If only the fittest survive, why do good deeds for no return? The enduring mystery of altruism goes to the heart of how evolution does – and doesn't – work
21 November 2018
We’re barking up the wrong tree if we think plants have no higher sentience, says researcher Monica Gagliano – they just don’t show it like we do
16 July 2018
The worker bees that form “hot defensive bee balls” are effectively kamikaze fighters, with the heat from the ball shortening their life expectancy
9 May 2018
We valued 7 of the world's most famous trees, from strangler figs draping ancient ruins to a 9000-year-old spruce. The most pricey comes in at £11 million
