Falling vulture numbers in the Americas could have serious implications for public health and ecosystems, new research has found.

Breakthroughs can start from simple curiosities.

Since it re-awoke in December 2024, Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano has been on a short fuse. 

Scientists have launched an interactive global map to show the migratory patterns of more than 100 marine species in an effort to protect at-risk wildlife.  

Global emissions of carbon dioxide from industry can be reduced by five per cent. 

Management, sustainability plans could decrease human, wildlife exposure.

Across the globe, monsoon rainfall switches on in spring and off in autumn. 

Study models spatial patterns of “grazing halos” around reefs.

Engineers from Australia and China have invented a sponge-like device that captures water from thin air and then releases it in a cup using the sun’s energy, even in low humidity where other technologies such as fog harvesting and radiative cooling have struggled.

A glacier in Antarctica is committing “ice piracy” – stealing ice from a neighbour – in a phenomenon that has never been observed in such a short time frame, say scientists.