The Natural History Museum’s National Fossil Hall Is Getting a Full Facelift By Smithsonian.com December 8, 2016 The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is getting a major facelift, and …
Underground strategies Root specializations enable plants to live in impoverished environments like Brazil’s rupestrian grasslands MARIA GUIMARÃES Almas Peak, in Bahia Photo @ Rafael Oliveira When they went off to the …
A Beautiful Fly Ignites a Bitter Feud Among Scientists Stephen Marshall For such a tiny fly, Marleyimyia xylocopae sure can cause a ruckus. It’s handsome, having apparently evolved to …
What’s real news, what’s an ad? Students can’t tell, study shows While young people may seem digitally savvy, their ability to evaluate online information can be summed up in one …
All you need to know about nature deficit disorder By Helen Briggs BBC News Even a flower in a crack in the paving can lift spirits (Image copyright Thinkstock) It’s …
Top Eight Ocean Stories That Made Waves in 2016 2016 wasn’t all bad: Stubborn environmental problems were livened up thanks to new solutions, “gee whiz” discoveries and mysterious orbs This …
Tillandsia mollis W.Till & H. Hromadnik spec nova Pl. Syst. Evol. 142:123-128. (1983)
A rare half-male, half-female butterfly — and other photos of evolutionary wonders Writer May-Ying Lam Photos By Robert Clark. The genetic mutations leading to gynandromorphy — the possession of male and female …
Meet the Newly Discovered Pollinators Under the Sea The tiny crustaceans are challenging previous assumptions about how plants grow underwater By Erin Blakemore Scientists have long assumed that plants that …