Science pictures

Incredibly detailed images of jewel-like insects reveal the beautiful, surprising, and often downright bizarre sculptural forms of some of the tiniest creatures on Earth.

David Sim Apr 28, 2016

Memorial services are held in Ukraine to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

David Sim Apr 26, 2016

Reuters photojournalist Gleb Garanich photographed the survivors as they visited the ghost town and the dusty derelict flats there that were once home.

David Sim Apr 25, 2016

Interactive photos, taken a year apart, show areas of Nepal immediately after the quake and today.

David Sim Apr 25, 2016

The quake spread horror through Kathmandu and surrounding areas, including Mount Everest, killing almost 9,000 people as a result.

Alex Wheeler Apr 23, 2016

Soviet authorities drafted hundreds of thousands of workers to assist with clean-up operations at the plant and in the surrounding areas

David Sim Apr 22, 2016

The Earth Day Network has an ambitious dream: to plant 7.8 billion trees by 2020.

Alex Wheeler Apr 21, 2016

Aerial photos of earthquake-hit towns in Ecuador show the extent of the damage as country buries its dead.

David Sim Apr 20, 2016

The 7.8 magnitude earthquake has been described as the worst the country has seen since 1979.

Alex Wheeler Apr 18, 2016

Aftershocks continue to rattle country after an earthquake killed nine people and injured more than 1,000.

David Sim Apr 15, 2016

Ivan Shamyanok lives in the Belarusian village of Tulgovich, on the edge of the exclusion zone around Chernobyl.

David Sim Apr 14, 2016

The accident was a result of a mismanaged test at the Soviet nuclear plant, leaving clouds of nuclear matter spreading across the western USSR and Europe.

Alex Wheeler Apr 08, 2016

Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, populations of some wildlife – such as wolf, elk and boar – are booming in the vast exclusion zone around the former reactor.

David Sim Apr 06, 2016

There are just two weeks left to enter the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016 competition.

David Sim Mar 31, 2016

Flight engineer Tim Peake is spending six months on ISS with US and Russian crew members.

Alex Wheeler Mar 30, 2016

An estimated 20,000 people with conditions such as schizophrenia are shackled and kept in filthy conditions,

David Sim Mar 30, 2016

Nearly 30 years after the world's worst nuclear accident a huge structure designed to contain radiation is nearing completion.

David Sim Mar 29, 2016

India is facing chronic water shortages and drought, as rivers become increasingly polluted and groundwater reserves rapidly decline.

Alex Wheeler Mar 22, 2016

This year's World Water Day focuses on how quantity and quality of water can change workers' lives and livelihoods.

Alex Wheeler Mar 20, 2016

Ten percent of the world's population do not have access to safe water, putting them at risk of infectious diseases and premature death.

David Sim Mar 20, 2016

Satellite images show bodies of water are vanishing from the surface of the planet.

Hannah Osborne Mar 20, 2016

Scientists hope they will find traces of life – past or present – on the red planet.

David Sim Mar 11, 2016

On 3 March 2011, a massive earthquake hit northern Japan, triggering a tsunami that killed nearly 20,000 people and sparked a nuclear disaster.

David Sim Mar 11, 2016

The rare astronomical phenomenon was witnessed along a narrow path that stretched across 12 Indonesian provinces.

David Sim Mar 09, 2016

At 2.46pm on 11 March 2011, Japan was struck by an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 – the biggest in the nation's recorded history and one of the five most powerful recorded ever around the world.

David Sim Mar 08, 2016

This year's shortlist includes a map of the human brain's pathways, delicate scales on a moth's wing, and a super-close-up of a butterfly's head.

David Sim Mar 07, 2016

Bajorat, 59, was discovered by fishermen on his yacht Sajo off the coast of Barobo town in Surigao del Sur.

Alex Wheeler Mar 01, 2016

Some of the tigers have already been removed, after it was heard that the temple mistreats them.

Alex Wheeler Feb 26, 2016

Tropical cyclone Winston tore through the Pacific Island chain with winds that reached 177mph.

David Sim Feb 25, 2016

Joana Ricou's 'Other Self Portraits' focuses on the idea that there are parts of our bodies which are actually not human.

Alex Wheeler Feb 25, 2016