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Moving fruit and vegetables in refrigerated vehicles is particularly emissions-intensive.

Coyotes in isolated Louisiana swamps are found to harbour genetic material from the critically endangered red wolf.

Rock doves on some Scottish islands show almost no sign of having interbred with domestic pigeons.

Andrew Robinson reviews five of the week’s best science picks.

In the first of our new series, the award-winning science journalist joins us to discuss his book An Immense World.

Studies are ‘decades behind’ due to a lack of funding, but research is picking up.

Donors pledge more than US$4 billion in renewed bid to cut new malaria cases by 90%.

Two viruses that cause tropical diseases manipulate their hosts into emitting more of a mosquito-attracting molecule.

Pharmacologist Janetti Francischi drew on folk wisdom and chemistry to turn used cooking oil into microbe-fighting soap during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Legal ruling limits the environmental agency’s regulatory powers, hamstringing Biden’s climate plan.

Theoretical predictions move closer to experimental results, but questions remain about possible gaps in the standard model of particle physics.

Russia has been at the centre of major palaeontological finds including the Denisovans, but its brutal war is threatening the research that uncovers the past.

Conservation groups say that a lack of political leadership has bogged down negotiations.

Scientists in Thailand have established that a tabby passed SARS-CoV-2 to a veterinary surgeon — although such cases of cat-to-human transmission are probably rare.

A new transmission route for gastrointestinal viruses, and an exotic kind of matter made from just neutrons.

Garments laced with strips that flatten and bend help to cool a hot person or warm a cold one — without battery power.

To perch safely, large birds minimize the distance flown after stalling when swooping up from a dive to a perch, but not the time or energy required.