Too dry for cacti: extreme droughts could push iconic species to extinction

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03671-2Analysis reveals these plants face severe habitat loss across the Americas — plus, researchers test a new way to diagnose obesity.

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03671-2

Analysis reveals these plants face severe habitat loss across the Americas — plus, researchers test a new way to diagnose obesity.

Briefing Chat: Meet the snakes that cartwheel away from trouble

Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03632-9Nature staff discuss an acrobatic reptile defence strategy — plus, evidence of fossilized dinosaur blood cells.

Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03632-9

Nature staff discuss an acrobatic reptile defence strategy — plus, evidence of fossilized dinosaur blood cells.

Briefing Chat: How physicists successfully trapped the electron’s antimatter equivalent

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03418-zNature staff discuss how precisely measuring a positron could shed light on one of physics’ greatest mysteries — plus, the latest on an ambitious mission to a Mar…

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03418-z

Nature staff discuss how precisely measuring a positron could shed light on one of physics’ greatest mysteries — plus, the latest on an ambitious mission to a Martian moon.

Scientists put a salt marsh in a giant wave-machine: here’s what they learned

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03376-6Experiment shows how these ecosystems could protect coastlines from huge storms — plus, new evidence hints at what Denisovans might have looked like.

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03376-6

Experiment shows how these ecosystems could protect coastlines from huge storms — plus, new evidence hints at what Denisovans might have looked like.

Briefing Chat: An invisible tattoo that appears under UV light – and then disappears

Nature, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03341-3Nature staff discuss a new ink that could be useful for medical tattooing — plus, an insight into why small dogs live longer than big ones.

Nature, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03341-3

Nature staff discuss a new ink that could be useful for medical tattooing — plus, an insight into why small dogs live longer than big ones.

<b>The world is closer to a major conservation target than scientists thought</b>

Nature, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03307-5Analysis suggests number of protected areas is hugely underestimated but biodiversity is still in peril — plus, a huge study looking at the health effects of brow…

Nature, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03307-5

Analysis suggests number of protected areas is hugely underestimated but biodiversity is still in peril — plus, a huge study looking at the health effects of brown fat.

Briefing Chat: Top researchers are being misled by sham academic societies

Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03216-7Nature staff discuss a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.

Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03216-7

Nature staff discuss a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.

Nobel Prizes 2026: brain switches, ‘ghost’ particle hunter, and ‘the chemistry of life’

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03208-7Nature rounds up the Nobel Prizes for science — plus, hints of the ancestral human gut microbiome.

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03208-7

Nature rounds up the Nobel Prizes for science — plus, hints of the ancestral human gut microbiome.

‘Learning about physics changed my life’: author Hernan Diaz on his new novel <i>Ply</i>

Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03057-4The Pulitzer-Prize-winning author joins us to talk about his time visiting CERN and communicating quantum physics in fiction.

Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03057-4

The Pulitzer-Prize-winning author joins us to talk about his time visiting CERN and communicating quantum physics in fiction.

Briefing Chat: Why scientists made papyrus scrolls, then burnt them

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03041-yNature staff discuss a technique that could help researchers read charred Herculaneum scrolls — plus, a biodegradeable, edible battery.

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03041-y

Nature staff discuss a technique that could help researchers read charred Herculaneum scrolls — plus, a biodegradeable, edible battery.