The ground in your garden is a magical thing – it is the life-force behind your plants, and identifying the kind of soil you have and planting accordingly can be the difference between successful gard

Although it’s by no means certain, scientists are slowly accumulating evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet

I’m in exeter cathedral and i’m looking up at Antarctica. This is Gaia by artist Luke Jerram: a 7m-diameter model of Earth suspended above the nave, created from detailed NASA satellite imagery of the

Consider a plastic bottle bobbing on the ocean’s surface, thousands of miles from the nearest coastline. To the naked eye, it appears lifeless – just another piece of discarded waste adrift on an endl

Mike Palmer explains how despite its quiet, slumbering appearance, there’s lots happening in our outside spaces during the colder, darker months

Shop-bought compost can be expensive – but not just for your pocket. The energy used to transport bulky growing media over long distances can be costly for the planet too. It can be a challenge to mak