The Best Articles in Nature

A major new report calls on humanity to tackle the biodiversity and climate crises simultaneously. Here's what that might look like.

«HUMANITY IS STRUGGLING to contain two compounding crises: skyrocketing global temperatures and plummeting biodiversity. But people tend to tackle each problem on its own»

Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky discusses his startling and unexpectedly sublime photos – 'an extended lament for the loss of nature' – with Gaia Vince.

Scientists are learning amazing things about bees’ sensory perception and mental capabilities.

New studies confirm that spending time outside can ease physical symptoms

Kelp forests are majestic, life-sustaining ecosystems. Climate change imperils them.

“Wonder is where it starts, and though wonder is also where it ends, this is no futile path.”

Richard Wrangham's cooking hypothesis suggests that a ready supply of cooked food allowed the Homo lineage to develop large, complex brains.

The first large-scale comparison of mutation rates gives insights into how quickly species can evolve.

A recording device and electrodes were implanted in the very flexible cephalopods.

Science writer Carl Zimmer explains why this question has been so hard to answer.

«life is a self-sustaining chemical system capable of Darwinian evolution.”»

Most mammals, including our closest living relatives, have fur. So why did we lose ours?

How do organisms that are so sedentary end up being so incredibly widely dispersed?

In the woods near her home, Lucy Jones discovers the magic of slime molds and becomes entangled in their fluid, nonbinary way of being.

A woman, an elephant, and their uncommon love story spanning more than half a century.

New interpretations of the laws of thermodynamics suggest the infamous “heat death” hypothesis, which foretells the end of all life and organization in the universe, might not hold.

Seaweed farmers promise to feed us, combat climate change, support coastal communities, provide wildlife habitat, and more. Can seaweed do it all?