Modern ecosystems are very different to how they were just a few centuries ago.

Not all alien species are a significant hazard to people and ecosystems.

With more than one species for every person on the planet, soils are the most diverse habitat on Earth.

New research has found that bats avoid solar farms – but the findings should not hinder the transition to renewable energy.

Conventional agriculture offers farmers few choices about which crops to grow or how to raise them. A new approach uses computing to construct better strategies with lower environmental impacts.

I have spent five years tracking down more than 10,000 accounts of wildlife by naturalists, travellers, historians and even poets, all written between 1529 and 1772

Their drawings did not reflect the make up of the natural world.

Some of the world’s most threatened birds are exposed to plastic pollution – even far out to sea.

The colonial era profoundly shaped natural history museums and collections. Herbaria, which are scientists’ main source of plant specimens from around the world, are no exception.