There is a 'mismatch' between the importance of peatlands and their current level of protection, a new study warns.

The human body was not built for spaceflight, with its microgravity conditions, exposure to high-energy radiation and other ...

Glaciers are melting rapidly, reducing ice and freshwater supplies, increasing sea levels, and threatening global water ...

Earth’s glaciers are melting at an unprecedented speed, with new research showing that 300 billion tons of ice are vanishing ...

NASA cuts calculations of asteroid large enough to wipe out a whole city striking Earth in half. The global astronomical ...

The inventor of the Torino Impact Hazard Scale has explained how scientists are working to ‘pin down’ the position of ...

The drilling of China's first ultra-deep scientific exploration well, Shenditake 1, has been completed at a depth of 10,910 ...

In May this year Sir David Attenborough will turn 99 years old but his passion for capturing nature still burns. The renowned ...

Peatlands around the globe hold more carbon than all the world’s forests, and yet new research reveals a much lower ...

The space rock, known as asteroid 2024 YR4, reached its highest ever impact probability of 3.1 per cent – or a one-in-32 ...

China National Petroleum Corp announced on Thursday that it has completed the drilling of the deepest vertical well in Asia, ...

Asia, BBC Earth’s latest natural history landmark series, is set to premiere on DStv Channel 184 on Monday, 24 February at 20:00. This spectacular 8-part series, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, ...