Warming springs can cause plants to bloom earlier, alter hibernation times and locations for migrating animals, and increase insect populations

Across the south-eastern US, trees are unfurling their clouds of leaves after winter. Yet this picturesque and usually welcome development is this year cause for consternation.

New data from the USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN) shows that in parts of North Carolina, South Carolina and northern Florida, spring has arrived more than three weeks earlier than average, and earlier than at any point in the last 39 years it has been tracked.

Fed up with invasive species and sterile landscapes, Douglas Tallamy urges Americans to go native and go natural

A new study of ancient climate has a dire warning about today's dry conditions

The geologic record is exactly that: a record. The strata of rock tell scientists about past environments, much like pages in an encyclopedia. Except this reference book has more pages missing than it has remaining. So geologists are tasked not only with understanding what is there, but also with figuring out what's not, and where it went.

A new method for reliably identifying the presence of beer or other malted foodstuffs in archaeological finds is described in a new study.

New modeling of coronavirus behavior suggests that an intervention strategy based on shield immunity could reduce the risk of allowing the higher levels of human interaction needed to support expanded economic activity.

Kim Yuna's stunning win at last month's Winter Games will not only boost the career of the Olympic figure skating champion, it should help add several billion dollars to the South Korean economy.

The U.S. economy lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April, the steepest plunge in payrolls since the Great Depression, laying bare both the economic and human tragedy wrought by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

A week packed with U.S. economic data is likely to provide investors with more evidence of the extent to which the coronavirus pandemic has hit growth, sharpening the debate on whether a rebound in stocks has been justified amid an unprecedented slowdown.

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The Prime Minister has thanked NHS staff at St Thomas' Hospital in central London for saving his life while he underwent treatment in intensive care for coronavirus.

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An international team of scientists said two massive stars could have merged before exploding to create the "the most light we have ever seen emitted by a supernova".

Dr David Nabarro, the WHO's Covid-19 envoy, said that people would need to become accustomed to a "new reality".

It is "far too early" to even think about relaxing lockdown measures, Dominic Raab has said, after another 717 coronavirus patients died over night.

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Donald Trump has unveiled a phased approach reopening the US economy which has been hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

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The Prime Minister reportedly ​poured caution on easing current lockdown measures during discussion with senior Government colleagues

Trials of a vaccine that could protect against Covid-19 are to begin in the UK.

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Riots erupted on the outskirts of Paris for a second night as young people fought with police and unleashed fireworks amid growing unrest over the impact of lockdown restrictions.

Boris Johnson has told Donald Trump that he is "feeling better and on the road to recovery" at his Chequers country retreat after contracting coronavirus.

A one-year-old girl with chronic lung disease and a heart defect has become one of the UK's youngest coronavirus survivors.

A three-week-old girl has recovered from coronavirus to the delight of her parents.

2019 was the hottest year on record for Europe as global warming trends continue, major analysis has shown.

A second wave of coronavirus cases could put an "unimaginable strain" on the US healthcare system this winter, the country's top health official has warned.

The head of the World Health Organisation has brushed off calls for his resignation as he told the US to reconsider freezing its funding.

Two cats in separate areas of New York have tested positive for the coronavirus after showing symptoms of a mild respiratory illness, experts have said.

The coronavirus pandemic is fast becoming a human rights crisis as "structural inequalities" are impeding access to public services, the United Nations has said.