Desert farm grows 180,000 tomato plants using only sun and seawater Farms that grow food in arid deserts, without groundwater or fossil fuels, could be the future of agriculture. Bryan …
Behind the Scenes at the National Zoo With the World’s Most Dangerous Bird The zoo’s cassowary “still has that mysterious aura about her—that prehistoric, dinosaur-walking-through-the-rainforest-quality.” The National Zoo’s resident cassowary …
Death Valley: One of the Most Extreme Places on Earth Southern California is home to some of the most extreme landscapes on the planet — none more so than Death …
Monkeys Can Make Stone Tools, but They Don’t Use Them By JAMES GORMAN A capuchin monkey in Brazil banging one rock into another. Credit T. Falótico The capuchin monkeys of …
Science Torpedoes Reveal How Greenland Is Melting From Below Photo taken from Greenland’s southwestern coastline in July and August 2015 during Phase 1 of the TerraSond/Cape Race Bathymetry survey. Nasa …
MIRIAM ROTHSCHILD (1 of 3): Seven Wonders of the World Dame Miriam Rothschild (1908-2005) was a brilliant British naturalist and a world expert on the flea. Here she talks about …
How variable is Neoregelia eleutheropetala by Eric Gouda in J Brom Soc 65(4): 249-256. 2016 In January 2013 we explored the road from Tarapoto to Yurimaguas, Peru for several days. …
Penguin Bloom: how a scruffy magpie saved a family Penguin Bloom is the story of an Australian family who rescued a ‘a tiny, scruffy, injured’ magpie chick they called …
Ants and bromeliads © ANA ZANGIROLAME GONÇALVES / UNICAMP Odontomachus hastatus ant carries prey to its nest: its debris nourishes the Quesnelia arvensis bromeliad, commonly found on Cardoso Island …
Hounds hot on the heels of poachers in rhino country Tracker dogs trained on human scent are the latest weapon being used to help catch criminals in South Africa’s Kruger …