The leashed beasts may look like large powerful dogs, but they still have the wild heart of a wolf.

Scientists have recently discovered that different diets — say, high-fat versus low-fat, or plant-based versus animal-based — can rapidly and reproducibly alter the composition and activity of the gut microbiome, where differences in the composition and activity can affect everything from metabolism to immunity to behavior.

Half of tree species found only on the European continent face extinction, including the conker tree.

A new paper explores why neuron-like implants could offer a better way to treat brain disorders, control prosthetics, or even enhance cognitive abilities.

Survey finds many common species of butterfly enjoyed a good summer this year.

Plans to restore ecosystems in the countryside will support landowners, its director says.

One-hundred years after the Forestry Commission was set up, a writer reflects on the creative power of trees.

The plastic waste collected from one beach is "the tip of the iceberg", the artist says.

Led by Laura Kreidberg, a Clay Fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, a new study shows that LHS 3844b, a terrestrial exoplanet orbiting a small sun 48.6 light-years away, has no detectable atmosphere