Research has revealed how British otters may have been able to recover from species loss in the 1950s with the help of otters from Asia.

Sees major progress in science since 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, but says complications of politics have plagued every epidemic since.

Per capita access to hospitals, mental health services, and further education facilities in German towns and cities – primarily in the former GDR – now

New England has thousands of miles of stone walls. A geoscientist explains why analyzing them scientifically is a solid step toward preserving them

The genetic study challenges previous theories about the origins and culture of the Picts.

Piecemeal legislation is easily unpicked, as the recent high court ruling showed.

The idea that human activity threatens nature, and that it is important to protect wild places, dates back to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.

Local people describe a purposeful past in this former mining community – and a bleak future.

Study looks at how forests in New England can be better utilized in the fight against climate change.