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sea life

The Murchison meteorite

Chemistry

Building blocks for life may be able to form in radioactive meteorites

Amino acids have been found in meteorites, and now an experiment shows how they might have been created by chemical reactions in these space rocks

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People walk in a flooded St Mark's Square

Environment

Venice may get a temporary respite from rising seas by 2035

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Pair of vaquita sighted during 2008 survey in Gulf of California

Life

Mexico’s latest plan to save endangered vaquitas could backfire

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jellyfish-like siphonophores

Video

Siphonophores' propulsion system is built for speed and efficiency

Video

Rapidly thinning Northeast Greenland ice sheet could add more to sea-level rise than thought

Video

Melting Greenland ice raises sea level more than previously thought

Video

Remote review: An architect in a future Kuala Lumpur comes adrift

Humans

Remote review: An architect in a future Kuala Lumpur comes adrift

Culture

Bacteria picture

Space

Bacteria could survive just under Mars's surface for 280 million years

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The hunt for habitable ocean worlds beyond our solar system

Space

The hunt for habitable ocean worlds beyond our solar system

Features

Satellite image of Jakobshavn glacier,

Environment

Engineering firms explore plan to slow melting of Greenland glacier

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LELYSTAD, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 08: The remains of a deer are seen in the Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve on April 08, 2018 in Lelystad, Netherlands. Thousands of animals died during this winter due to overpopulation and a shortage of food. Animal activists feed the horses, deer and cattle by throwing hay over the fences despite a ban by the local authorities. Emotions are running high as many of the animals face starvation with Oostvaardersplassen's feeding policy for large grazers being heavily criticised. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

Environment

The surprising role death plays in the stability of ecosystems

Ecologists have started to recognise the competition between younger and older generations within the same species, with some startling conclusions about nature’s requirement for mortality

Features

Environment

Second world war shipwreck is leaking toxic chemicals in the North Sea

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Life

Experiments hint at how molecules essential to all life first arose

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Environment

What’s causing a mass die-off of crabs on the UK coast?

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Space

Earth's algae and moss could survive under the light of another star

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