If scientists are to better understand whether the genes that let us welcome the weekend with a cold beer or enjoy a glass of wine with dinner began with apes eating fermented fruit, then the habit ...

As the spring air turns humid and tiny green berries appear on leafy limbs, Julian Lee knows it's almost mulberry season. Mulberries are among Lee's favourite scrumping fruits – fruit he picks and ...

It is rush hour in North London. The sun is setting and the stink of underperforming catalytic converters hangs heavy in the air. I'm standing underneath a large apple tree on Hampstead Heath, waving ...