From BBC image copyrightCambridge University Library Cambridge University Library has announced that two notebooks written by Charles Darwin, worth many millions of pounds, have been missing for 20 years. One of them contains the 19th Century scientist’s famous Tree of…

Camera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool to study wildlife. This week we’re meeting the most iconic species of the Americas: the jaguar. The jaguar is not only an apex predator…

ALBAY, Philippines — Spotting false geckos in the wild can be hard. They can easily disappear into their environment thanks to their cryptic colors and markings and their use of hollow areas to hide in. That makes it a challenge…

From BBC image copyrightGetty Images Former US Secretary of State John Kerry will act as climate envoy when US President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Mr Kerry was one of several people named for top positions by the Biden transition team…

From NPR Environmental groups praise Kerry for his decades of climate work, including negotiating the Paris agreement. He will face challenges after four years of a diminished U.S. role in climate diplomacy. (Image credit: Mark Lennihan/AP) Read the full article…

From NPR In 2017, a study reported one in three people in one rural Alabama county had been exposed to hookworm. Catherine Coleman Flowers says the study reveals big gaps in sanitation in rural America. (Image credit: Michael Carson/The New…

From BBC image copyrightGetty Images Mink at all fur farms should be routinely screened for coronavirus, according to a leading scientist. A mandatory surveillance programme is urgently needed, with the situation in Denmark acting as a warning, said Prof Marion…