Natural Wonders

In Fiji in the South Pacific, farmers are reading nature's warning signs to predict hurricanes – from creeping Yam vines to hornets nesting.

On a misty morning in December, two photographers captured the images of 304 individual humpbacks – the highest number of large whales ever identified in a single day.

After the Apollo 8 crew captured the iconic Earthrise photo in 1968, Artemis astronauts have recreated the image, revealing changes to our fragile blue planet.

Humans are more sensitive to the smell of rain than sharks are to blood. And rain has some surprising benefits for our bodies too – especially when it comes to our mood.

The amount of green space for wildflowers in the UK has shrunk amid the rise of modern agriculture. But wildflowers are thriving where other plants can't – cities.

Clouds of microplastics concentrate in the air of our homes, and we could be breathing in millions of them each year. A few changes can help us reduce exposure.

No beds, more birdsong: why outdoor sleep can make for better slumber which continues after you return home.

Inside the island colony being tapped to help save Australia's koalas from deadly chlamydia.

In an extreme environmental and political climate in remote Colombia, one maverick village has relied on homegrown inventions to survive.

The unstoppable golden oyster is ripping through woodland, after escaping from cultivation. As it runs riot, mushroom enthusiasts are rescuing the native fungi in its path.

In the brutal world of deep caves, bacteria live in a miniature world of terror. The weapons they have evolved can defeat antibiotics – but now they are inspiring powerful new drugs.

Twenty years on, relive the iconic scene from Sir David Attenborough's Planet Earth that changed our understanding of how polar bears adapt to survive.

From bone-eating snot-flowers to snowboarding scale worms, when a whale dies it becomes a colossal island of nutrients – attracting weird and wonderful creatures to feast.