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Like millions of people, we have experienced the physical and mental health benefits, as well as the simple enjoyment, of a daily dog walk. However, amid the UK’s growing population of dogs (around 13.5 million at the latest estimate), recent reports have highlighted growing concern about how dogs affect wildlife…

Steve James has reached Scotland which marks the quarter-point of his goal to run 200 marathons in 200 days.

Steve James, 65, will be completing the equivalent of 200 marathons in 200 days, while researchers monitor the impact upon him

Imagine heading into space, landing on the moon and walking in the dust. As you adjust to the weightlessness, you see something unexpected on the horizon. You’re looking back at the Earth, experiencing the “overview effect”. How would you feel? What would you see, hear, touch, taste and smell?

Flagstones, an ancient monument and burial ground in England, is older than Stonehenge, a new radiocarbon-dating study finds.

Diana Vera, a passionate local guide from Serranía de la Lindosa, Colombia, leads a group of sweaty and panting European tourists through the hot, lush Amazonian rainforest. Together, they climb the flattop hill (known as tepui) of Nuevo Tolima. Their destination? A vast, ancient painted wall perched at the very…

Exposing your brain to nature can change the way your brain processes pain, suggests new research

Re-dating of Flagstones monument to about 3,200BC came after analysis by Exeter University and Historic England

New research shows Flagstones in Dorset dates to 3,200 years BC and sheds new light on the origins of monumental architecture.