In 1925, a remote town was saved from lethal disease by dogs The town of Nome was faced with a diphtheria outbreak and no treatment, and it was cut off …
Florida Votes to Release Millions of Zika-Fighting Mosquitos Technicians from Oxitec work with genetically modified mosquitoes in Campinas, Brazil on February 11, 2016.Victor Moriyama/Getty Images · Author: Marley Walker. Marley …
Is the Endangered Species List Missing Hundreds of Species of Birds? A new study suggests the IUCN’s methods are underestimating the risks to many species, but the organization say the …
The other person that discovered evolution, besides Darwin On this day in 1913, Alfred Russel Wallace passed away. His work transformed our understanding of the natural world By Vivien …
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. …
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, …