A Groundbreaking 30-Year Old Evolutionary Experiment Is Still Going Strong Logan Zillmer/Quanta Early in his career, the decorated biologist Richard Lenski thought he might be forced to evolve. After …
How do we avoid the antibiotics apocalypse? By Helena Merriman Presenter, The Inquiry, BBC World Service Image copyright Thinkstock Every year, at least 700,000 people die from drug-resistant infections. It …
How a Changing Climate Is Shaping a Leaf Peeper’s Paradise By CRAIG S. SMITHNOV. 2, 2016 Fall colors were beginning to show in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, on Oct. 12. …
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What makes a champion tree? Check out some notable champs and learn how to nominate one. Sidney Stevens General Sherman, located in Sequoia National Park, is the biggest living thing …
Are Brazil‘s Deforesters Avoiding Detection? Rates of deforestation reported by Brazil‘s official deforestation monitoring system have declined dramatically in the Brazilian Amazon in recent years. Much of Brazil‘s success in …
Bolivia’s fast-melting glaciers Pavel Svoboda / shutterstock Bolivia’s glaciers have shrunk by more than 40% in the past few decades. This puts further pressure on an already stressed water supply, …
A New Report Says We’re Hunting the World’s Mammals to Death. What Can Be Done? Solutions are multifaceted and region-specific, but conservation researchers have some ideas A black and white …
Flying for 10 Months Without a Layover By JAMES GORMAN OCT. 27, 2016 Common swifts can stay aloft for up to 10 months, researchers found. They even mate in the …