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Category: Education, Reference

Scanned: Apr 30, 2026, 07:05 AM UTC · First seen: Apr 29, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 5
90 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of nature.com Captured Apr 30, 2026
https://nature.com
Screenshot of nature.com
31 years
Extremely Popular - #312 Tranco rank (>100M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Fastly, Inc.
Paris, France
Unknown
Unknown
151.101.120.95
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Registered August 11, 1994
Expires August 10, 2026
Name Servers PDNS2.ULTRADNS.NET
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Fastly, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
57 files scanned
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www.nature.com/books-culture 181.5 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nature.com/news 235.7 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nature.com/nindia 152.9 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nature.com/natafrica 138.7 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nature.com/siteindex 160.5 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nature.com/opinion 182.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nature.com/reprints 83.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nature.com/research-analysis 183.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nature.com/careers 182.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.nature.com/# 221.1 KB Flagged: medium risk
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www.nature.com/nature?error=cookies_not_supported&code=96021353-3a0a-45f0-9f86-f22fe203b8e3.http-redirect 156 B No threats
www.nature.com/nature.rss 161.1 KB No threats
www.nature.com/nmiddleeast 29.9 KB No threats
verify.nature.com/verify/nature.min.js 2.2 KB No threats
www.nature.com/nature/subscribe 67.1 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
2999
External Links
6 Flagged
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163
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
7
Flagged Resources
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partnerships.nature.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://partnerships.nature.com/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://partnerships.nature.com/?utm_source%3Dinternal&amp%3Butm_medium%3Dweb&amp%3Butm_campaign%3Dnature-contactFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://partnerships.nature.com/media-kits/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://partnerships.nature.com/product/branded-content-native-advertising/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://partnerships.nature.com/product/digital-advertising/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://partnerships.nature.com/products/awards/?utm_source%3Dinternal&amp%3Butm_medium%3Dweb&amp%3Butm_campaign%3DnatureawardsFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://partnerships.nature.com/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://partnerships.nature.com/?utm_source%3Dinternal&amp%3Butm_medium%3Dweb&amp%3Butm_campaign%3Dnature-contactFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://partnerships.nature.com/media-kits/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://partnerships.nature.com/product/branded-content-native-advertising/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://partnerships.nature.com/product/digital-advertising/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://partnerships.nature.com/products/awards/?utm_source%3Dinternal&amp%3Butm_medium%3Dweb&amp%3Butm_campaign%3DnatureawardsFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?link_type%3DABSTRACT&amp%3Bbibcode%3D1950PhRv...79..357WNot flagged
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?link_type%3DABSTRACT&amp%3Bbibcode%3D1961JAChS..83.1733WNot flagged
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?link_type%3DABSTRACT&amp%3Bbibcode%3D1981JAP....52.7182PNot flagged
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?link_type%3DABSTRACT&amp%3Bbibcode%3D1984JChPh..81..511NNot flagged
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?link_type%3DABSTRACT&amp%3Bbibcode%3D1987Sci...235.1196ANot flagged
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?link_type%3DABSTRACT&amp%3Bbibcode%3D1988JAChS.110.1657JNot flagged
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?link_type%3DABSTRACT&amp%3Bbibcode%3D1995JChPh.103.8577ENot flagged
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?link_type%3DABSTRACT&amp%3Bbibcode%3D1996Sci...273.1073LNot flagged
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?link_type%3DABSTRACT&amp%3Bbibcode%3D1997JCoCh..18.1463HNot flagged
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partnerships.nature.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
023.09.11.556Not flagged
023.11.01.565Not flagged
024.02.01.578Not flagged
024.06.24.600Not flagged
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<iframe src%3D"https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-5VFWHDZ&gtm_auth%3DJwko9QmmZu6gZ1IDfDpQiA&gtm_preview%3Denv-2&gtm_cookies_win%3Dx" height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-NN9H6SH" height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
nature.com Overview

Description of nature.com

nature.com appears to be the official website for Nature, a long-established multidisciplinary science journal first published in 1869. The site provides access to peer-reviewed research articles, science news, opinion pieces, journal information, archives, and publishing resources for researchers, institutions, and general readers interested in scientific developments.

Based on the domain, page metadata, and visible homepage content, the website is operated as part of a major scientific publishing platform and serves educational and reference purposes. Its categories from multiple web-classification sources align with education and reference content, and the homepage layout reflects a professional publication focused on research, analysis, and journal subscriptions.

Safety Assessment for nature.com

The available scan data is generally favorable. At the time of this scan, 0 out of 91 security engines reported detections, and the domain was categorized by multiple web-classification providers as educational or reference content. Blacklist checks also did not show listings in the checked databases, and the domain has a very long registration history dating back to 1994, which is consistent with an established publisher.

One malware scan did label many internal pages as suspicious and identified a related subdomain used for partnerships/advertising content as a generic suspicious object. However, these findings appear to be heuristic rather than corroborated by broader security consensus, especially given the absence of detections from security engines and blacklist databases. Large, content-rich publishing sites with extensive advertising, analytics, and partner sections can sometimes trigger generic or overly broad scanner alerts.

Based on available data, no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan, though the heuristic suspicious findings suggest routine caution is still appropriate as with any large website.

Technical Description

The domain uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate and is hosted behind Fastly infrastructure, which suggests use of a major content delivery network for performance and availability. The resolved IP address points to Fastly, and the domain uses UltraDNS nameservers. The site is highly established, with a domain age of about 31 years and a strong web presence indicated by its high Tranco ranking.

A minor technical consideration is that DNSSEC appears to be unsigned at the time of this scan, which means DNS responses may not benefit from DNSSEC validation. No major transport-security issue is evident from the provided data, although the exact supported TLS protocol details and origin web server software were not identified in this scan.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://nature.com
303 https://www.nature.com/
302 https://idp.nature.com/authorize?response_type=cookie&client_id=grover&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Fnature
302 https://idp.nature.com/transit?redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Fnature&code=6bca814f-bf1f-4bfa-8e6c-1fc011815cf0
301 https://www.nature.com/nature?error=cookies_not_supported&code=6bca814f-bf1f-4bfa-8e6c-1fc011815cf0
200 https://www.nature.com?error=cookies_not_supported&code=6bca814f-bf1f-4bfa-8e6c-1fc011815cf0
Website Insights
#312
Tranco Rank
Extremely Popular
Visitors >100M/mo
Category: Education, Reference
Rank History (30 days)
Mar 23 Apr 29
19 cookies detected
Essential15
Analytics3
Advertising1
Social0
18 1st party cookies
1 3rd party (tracker)
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