From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An unusual encounter with a group of orcas near Iceland led researchers to discover a new and complex behaviour - they had taken in baby pilot whales, and not necessarily to eat them. Scientists ...

ChatGPT has quickly become a fixture in many of our daily lives — whether that’s asking the generative AI chatbot for party-planning assistance, dating advice, therapy or Studio Ghibli ...

War zones, microplastics and light pollution are emerging threats to the world’s bee population, scientists have warned. Bee experts have identified 12 new threats that could accelerate ...

A pod of killer whales sank a sailing yacht after pummelling it for almost an hour on Halloween in the latest in a spate of attacks in the Strait of Gibraltar. The Grazie Mamma, a mid-sized ...

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Strawberry lovers are being warned a bumper crop for 2025 has left them “too big” to fit in their mouths. The whoppers will be sold at UK supermarkets and are “unlike anything” growers have seen in ...

Many animals -- from gorillas to orcas-- have been observed carrying their own dead offspring, though scientists aren’t sure the reasons. Why did the capuchin males do it? There were no signs of ...

Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in ...

Sometimes you try to get to outer space — but then the top of your rocket falls off. It happens. No, really: on Thursday, Australian startup Gilmour Space was forced to call off the maiden launch of ...