This superstition about black cats and other black animals in general has shaped people’s preferences about animals. It’s left its mark on things such as lower adoption rates for black cats and ...
Fort Collins ecologist Mark Easter talks regenerative agriculture, carbon footprints, and the role of western farmers in ...
Understanding the differences between Neanderthal and modern human faces sheds light on our own evolution.
In this particular exhibition at the Staten Island Museum, even the pink of the walls comes from bugs — in the form of lac, a coloring produced by scale insects (it’s the same natural dye used as ...
Help save the Earth by replacing half your lawn and/or non-native plants with native species, even in containers, plus a list ...
Meta-analysis reveals there is no evidence that variation in clutch size in birds is driven by the reproduction–survival trade-off.
These collections by Juliana Spahr, Mai Der Vang, Hasib Hourani and Martín Espada invite us to rethink the relentless accumulation of history.
Inspired by naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace’s visit nearly two centuries ago, an isolated Indigenous community in Brazil ...
Numerous scientific studies have shown that living "out of sync" with the body's circadian rhythms increases health risks ...
Parents looking to promote health and intelligence in their children can pick and choose their embryos now. There could be ...
"I expected some variation." Scientists stunned by striking behavior shift across hundreds of animal species: 'That is not ...
Fossilization is a tricky business; some species preserve only a few bones ... Splitting the rust-red slabs of rock is like opening an ancient book, revealing the creatures that inhabited an ...