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.

An experiment to glimpse the future Amazon — in pictures

Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02909-3David Lapola is testing a big climate-science unknown: how will the forest cope as atmospheric carbon dioxide continues to rise?

Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02909-3

David Lapola is testing a big climate-science unknown: how will the forest cope as atmospheric carbon dioxide continues to rise?

Chimp and gorilla brains resist weight loss with age — unlike human brains

Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03158-0The relatively short lifespans of non-human great apes might explain why their brain mass is maintained in later life

Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03158-0

The relatively short lifespans of non-human great apes might explain why their brain mass is maintained in later life

Plague scare: what scientists know — and what Russia won’t say

Nature, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03215-8Unverified rumours swirl around the death of a Siberian laboratory technician. Nature talks to a biosecurity specialist to unpack the fallout

Nature, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03215-8

Unverified rumours swirl around the death of a Siberian laboratory technician. Nature talks to a biosecurity specialist to unpack the fallout

How to build a mouse: embryo development captured in stunning detail

Nature, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03193-xGene-editing technologies enabled researchers to trace the cell-by-cell development of a single fertilised mouse egg to a late-stage embryo.

Nature, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03193-x

Gene-editing technologies enabled researchers to trace the cell-by-cell development of a single fertilised mouse egg to a late-stage embryo.

Big dogs age faster than little ones — rogue ‘jumping genes’ might be to blame

Nature, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03199-5Study of almost 900 dogs from roughly 120 breeds finds that rapid ageing of large canines is linked to changes in the epigenome.

Nature, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03199-5

Study of almost 900 dogs from roughly 120 breeds finds that rapid ageing of large canines is linked to changes in the epigenome.