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Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00493-0Asexual reproduction should be an evolutionary dead end. A study of asexual fish shows that a genetic ‘copy and paste’…

March 5, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmKoalas show how species can bounce back from genetic bottlenecksScientists have discovered a potential path out of…

Nature is slowing down, and its ability to regenerate is failing in the face of climate change, according to the authors of a new analysis of…

Twelve miles from the heart of Rome, Dr Javier Ábalos pauses his walk, lifts his sunglasses and points. To his right, perched on a rocky wall,…

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 24 February 2026 Temnothorax kinomurai queens survive by invading the nests of a related ant species and co-opting its workers.

On a recent trip to Lake Geneva in Switzerland, biodiversity reporter Phoebe Weston witnessed the impact of one of the planet’s most potent invasive species, the…

The prophet Ezekiel once claimed to have seen four beasts emerge from a burning cloud, “sparkling like the colour of burnished brass”. Each had wings and…

Eleven endangered skinks released into a gated community in Victoria’s Alpine national park will soon become 13, when Omeo, one of the females, gives birth in…

London is the only place in the UK where you can find scorpions, snakes, turtles, seals, peacocks, falcons all in one city – and not London…

It was noon by the time Jacques Katutu first saw the newborn mountain gorillas. Cradled in the arms of their mother, Mafuko, the tiny twins clung…