These slow, gentle creatures have inhabited the Earth and its oceans for more than two million years. They’ve outlived the dinosaurs. But turtles have met their match in modern humans

If you’d looked to the skies in Oxford, UK, during the summer of 2016 you could have been forgiven for thinking you had spotted the world’s first bionic pigeons.

Thousands of years of livestock dung have stimulated fertile and ecologically diverse wildlife hotspots in Africa

Humans have much to learn from ants, it seems. Researchers have now discovered from their behaviour how a busy work flow can be optimised – and surprisingly it’s not by everyone working harder.

High school can be stressful as school work and expectations mount – particularly when exams are looming. But students who believe intelligence can be developed may weather anxiety better than those who think it is a fixed trait, according to US research.

Despite the odds, nature does her best to nurture us. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, have reported finding nutritious wild greens growing abundantly in poor urban areas of San Francisco

People searching for love using a popular online dating website tend to target potential mates who are more desirable than they are

The ripple effects of rising global temperatures on Earth’s ecosystems extend to accelerated release of carbon from the soil, according to observations by US scientists.

Many of us have had or know someone with school report cards that say, “she would do well if she tried.” Doing well with homework and exams is more than just brains. Some people just lack the motivation.

An eco-friendly material made from crab shells and trees could replace plastic food packaging, according to US researchers.

Researchers looking for a connection between foodborne viruses and psychiatric disorders instead found a surprising link between mania and cured meats such as salami and hot dogs.

A new study intensifies doubts about long-standing recommendations to avoid full-fat dairy for a healthy heart.

An experimental carbohydrate diet that restricted processed foods and most sugars has relieved symptoms in eight out of 10 children with inflammatory bowel disease

A landmark paper has been retracted from the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.

Heart disease, diabetes, asthma, cancer, arthritis, depression, Alzheimer’s: these diseases share a common culprit. Low-grade inflammation.

The funniest line I ever read in an academic paper was “America is a country of low-fat food and high-fat people,” penned by Professor Brian Wansink.

Thinking of Mediterranean food tends to conjure up images of pizza, pasta and lamb on a spit. But the traditional diet, extolled for its bountiful health benefits, is far more colourful. With roots in provincial Mediterranean villages, this “peasant food” is tasty, diverse and simple. It can also be deceptively cheap.

Several factors shape our propensity to gain excess pounds – and most are preventable. To help shine a light on this, researchers from the University of Navarra in Spain developed a dietary tool for calculating obesity risk