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The Museum of Tomorrow

May 9, 2016

The museum has generated controversy over gentrification of Rio de Janeiro ahead of the 2016 Olympics. (Luiz Souza/NurPhoto/Corbis ) By Jennifer Billock A new sentry stands guard on Rio de …

Tillandsia nizandaensis Ehlers, sp. nov.

May 7, 2016

Tillandsia nizandaensis Ehlers, sp. nov. Die Brom. 1: 33-36. 2016 A Tillandsia hammeri Rauh & Ehlers, cui versimiliter affinis, habitu majori, stolonibus longis, foliis viridioribus, inflorescentia saepe duplo-composita, spicis latioribus, …

The monkey that became a midwife

May 7, 2016

The monkey that became a midwife In an remarkably rare act, a female langur monkey becomes a midwife, helping another give birth The langur monkey is about to give birth …

Shining Light on Brazil’s Secret Coral Reef

May 7, 2016

Shining Light on Brazil’s Secret Coral Reef The massive, previously unstudied reef is unlike any other known on Earth Researchers sort through finds recovered from trawling in the central section …

Celebrate Earth Day With a 4,800-Year-Old Tree

May 4, 2016

Celebrate Earth Day With a 4,800-Year-Old Tree (If You Can Find It) Trilobites By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG APRIL 22, 2016  This is not Methuselah, it’s another bristlecone pine in the same …

Investigating BHP's $5bn Mining Disaster In Brazil

May 1, 2016

Investigating BHP’s $5bn Mining Disaster In Brazil [embedplusvideo height=”395″ width=”650″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1TDywvd” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/KF3Clm6T_kI?fs=1&vq=hd720″ vars=”ytid=KF3Clm6T_kI&width=650&height=395&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep2753″ /]

The pest control specialists

May 1, 2016

This vineyard puts 800 happy ducks to work every day A wine estate employs hundreds of ducks as daily pest control specialists, to the delight of visitors. Jaymi Heimbuch   …

The "5 Stans"

May 1, 2016

10 extraordinary places you should visit in the ‘5 Stans’ Catie Leary   Mountains loom above a herd of horses grazing in Kyrgyzstan. (Photo: Michal Knitl/Shutterstock) Looking for an adventure …