What does chlorophyll do?

In this new series, I’ll explore just how clever plants are, the complex ways in which they respond to the environment around them, the adaptations they make and the survival strategies they employ. I

From ice cream to underwear and explosives, plants are remarkably integral to much of the manmade world, as a new book reveals. Harry Pearson investigates

Across the planet, scientists are observing ecosystems lose the colours that once defined them. Coral reefs turn ghost-white during marine heatwaves, their once-fluorescent pinks, greens and blues dra

Clouds of noxious gas, stink bombs and purple smokescreens may sound like schoolboy pranks, but the animal world is just as capable of executing arresting chemical warfare, says Deborah Nicholls-Lee

Did you know we’re surrounded by living fossils that date back to the age of the dinosaurs?

What doesn’t fuel us, may still be fuel! Did you know that researchers are turning food waste into sustainable plane fuel? With heat and pressure, dinner scraps can be transformed into an oil which in