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For a truly exquisite glimpse of plants and animals, check out some of the top entries and the winner of the 2024 Evident Image of the Year contest ...

Feedback, feeling somewhat Grinch-like, digs into the knotty history of NORAD Tracks Santa, in which the North American Aerospace Defense Command shows its cuddly side ...

Red lights continued to flash on the climate dashboard as many aspects of the natural world declined in 2024, although there were a few green shoots of hope to cling to, says Graham Lawton ...

Choosing presents at Christmas can be a bewildering task. Brain studies are revealing the surprising truth about which toys support cognitive development in kids ...

Geologists surprisingly declined to formally declare a new epoch, but proponents of the Anthropocene will continue to highlight humanity's impact on the planet ...

AI made incredible progress in 2023, but with a less-impressive pace of development this year, it may be that existing techniques are reaching their limits ...

Evidence for the origins of complex language can be found in creative two-word insults such as busy-body and kill-joy ...

The northern lights, or aurora borealis, came strangely far south this year and there may be more of the same while the sun is experiencing a solar maximum ...

From a fish with a tiny brain to the world's oldest cheese, we have reported on plenty of strange and unusual science discoveries this year. Challenge yourself and see what you can remember in this fiendish set of questions from our quizmaster Bethan ...

Here are 10 words that entered our vocabulary this year, capturing discoveries at the cutting edge of science, elusive emotions and the various ways technology is changing our lives ...