I went to the Reflecting Pool because, as a certain American naturalist once said of a different pond, I wished to “live deliberately” and “see if I could not learn what it had to teach.” I doubted ...

According to fossils preserved by volcanic ash, the plants, known as angiosperms, began producing relatively large, blueberry ...

Researchers have discovered that a group of viruses known to infect an agriculturally important plant pathogen has remained ...

The interactions between microscopic algal cells and bacteria in the oceans play a pivotal role in the global carbon cycle.

Citizen scientists have helped researchers solve a long-standing mystery about how parental care evolved in harvestmen. Using ...

As I highlighted in a recent paper, an extraordinary range of adaptations have evolved in aquatic plants for life beneath the water’s surface. Some flower underwater, others capture animals in ...

Sure, botflies are gross, but they also know just how to hitch a ride on a camel sneeze. An entomologist celebrates the world ...

If you're a container gardening enthusiast, you're likely familiar with the "thriller, filler, spiller" (TFS) method. But while the "thriller" gets all the attention, the "spiller" is what gives a ...

Artificial intelligence is rewriting the world and simultaneously inventing a whole new language to describe how it’s doing it. Sit in on any product meeting, pitch, or panel these days, and you’ll ...

Carnivorous plants have nutritional needs that may not otherwise be met in their environments, one reader explains ...

Parasocial relationships refer to one-sided relationships in which a person develops a strong sense of connection, intimacy, or familiarity with someone they don’t know, most often celebrities or ...