Find out why dragonflies are some of the strongest flyers in the insect world, and were one of the earliest animals in the sky.
flyers in the insect world, speeding up to 30 miles per
By taking biopsy-like samples from centuries-old Siberian pines, scientists have reconstructed a 300-year record of temperature changes.
He usually takes two cores per tree, each of which
Nowhere else are primates as diverse… or as endangered.
Although there are only 32 humans per square kilometer
What can Earth and its species tell us about the possibility of life on other planets?
Well, actually, we don’t find the planets, per se,
Wild orangutans teach scientists about the evolution of human diets.
So on a per unit body mass, or on a cellular level,
There are incredible miniature civilizations booming within our concrete jungles, making our cities healthier: ants!
Nashville—throw out an average of 3.5 pounds of food waste per
The intense heat and pressure of the deep Earth are hard to imagine—and even harder to re-create.
A gigapascal is a unit of pressure (force per unit
This young naturalist followed his curiosity about why mockingbirds had chosen to build their nests in a particular suburban area.
days, and that the chicks are fed up to five times per
Are fecal transplants the future of treating certain life-threatening diseases?
It causes 30,000 deaths per year just in this country
Museum scientists share what to expect in the August 2017 eclipse.
be moving at an average speed of about 1,600 miles per
