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Primates’ same-sex sexual behaviour ‘may reinforce bonds amid environmental stress’ | Animal behaviour

Same-sex sexual behaviour among non-human primates may arise as a way to reinforce bonds and keep societies together in the face of environmental or...

The friendship secret: why socialising could help you live longer | Neuroscience

‘I hate it.” I’ve asked the neuroscientist Ben Rein how he feels about the online sea of junk neuroscience we swim in – the...

Margam park Roman villa find could be ‘Port Talbot’s Pompeii’

Steffan MessengerWales environment correspondentTerraDat GeophysicsThe scans revealed a villa within a defensive enclosure and an aisled building, possibly used as a barn or meeting...

Fossil found on UK coast is unique ‘sword dragon’ species

Jonah FisherEnvironment correspondentDean LomaxIchthyosaur experts Dr Dean Lomax and Professor Judy Massare with the 185m year old skeletonA near-complete skeleton found on Dorset's Jurassic...

Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life

Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC NewsWashington Post via Getty ImagesNaked mole rats live for up to 40 years, compared to about three years for a...

Water bills to rise further for millions after appeal

Millions of households in England will have to pay even higher water bills than had previously been announced, after five water companies appealed to...

King Charles hopes Amazon Prime nature documentary will ‘inspire’ viewers

Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondentMillie Pilkington/ King's FoundationKing Charles held a "harmony summit" at Highgrove in the summer, where this photograph was takenKing Charles says he...

Nobel prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on porous materials | Nobel prizes

The Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to three scientists who created revolutionary porous materials that can harvest water from desert air, capture...

Chemistry Nobel awarded to three scientists for their work on metal organic frameworks

Georgina RannardScience reporterReutersProfessor Omar Yaghi is one of three scientists rewardedThe Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and...

River Wye pollution prompts UK’s largest environmental lawsuit

Steffan MessengerEnvironment correspondent, BBC WalesBBCThe Wye Valley is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural BeautyThe biggest legal claim ever brought in the UK over...

Three win prize for paving way for very powerful computers

The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis for their work on quantum mechanics...

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