Nature, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03301-x

High-speed camera footage reveals the visual tricks butterflies use to evade predators.

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.

Nature, Published online: 11 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02893-8

Nature staff discuss an AI tool that can assess the impact of 9 billion mutations — plus, how the Bunsen burner’s reputation for sterilization might be based on tradition alone.

Nature, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02488-3

Nature staff discuss how animal studies are starting to uncover how DNA repair could prolong life, and how COVID-19 can reawaken dormant viruses.

Nature, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02445-0

Researchers untangle the chemistry behind turning PVC into high-grade motor lubricant — plus, how engineered yeast can help make a cancer drug.

Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02419-2

Nature staff discuss a massive survey of insects in the Amazon, and unusual orca behaviour caught on video.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02367-x

Discovery of almost 400 structures may help to redefine the true scale of the Aquiry civilization — plus, tiny fossils of the earliest fossil squid ancestor.

Nature, Published online: 24 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02338-2

Nature staff discuss the young but deadly dinosaur kings, the prowess of ancient Egyptian princesses, and how London is becoming the world’s AI safety capital.

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02299-6

Discovery of a distant Jupiter-mass object could pave the way for detection of exomoons — plus, a rare transmissible cancer found in catfish.

Nature, Published online: 17 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02263-4

Nature staff discuss the discovery of a four carbon ‘true sugar’ in interstellar space — plus, a formula inscribed on a wall reveals a Maya mathematician’s name.

Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02221-0

The simple chemical that keeps a mole-rat queen atop her throne — plus, how people approach new games.

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02141-z

A shoebox-sized detector satellite could identify the telltale signal of a hidden nuclear device — plus, how Indigenous plant knowledge is under threat.

Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02032-3

Identification risks are more severe for underrepresented groups in the training data — plus, evidence that the Universe is more uneven than assumed.

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01963-1

Nature staff discuss preliminary data on the effects of GLP-1 drugs on male fertility, plus a two-year trial of a brain–computer interface.

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01941-7

Analysis shows evidence of deadly outbreaks 5,500 years ago — plus, a prototype dark-matter detector.

Nature, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01912-y

Nature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news.