Our Planet

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Wicked Plants (and Fungi)

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Crocheting a Coral Reef

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Follow the Tornado Chasers Online

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Picture of the Week—Irish Moss

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Connected Even on a Ship in the Arctic

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Picture of the Week—Afghanistan’s First National Park

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97 Ideas for Earth Day

Ytterbium

Just What Is Ytterbium Anyway?

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Picture of the Week—Lightning in a Volcanic Plume

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Karijini National Park in HD

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Science Contests Across the Web

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Help Defend Against the Invaders

They have come to our country from all over the world, brought here in the bowels of ships, in the cargo holds of planes, even on the bottoms of our shoes

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Picture of the Week—Alabama Science Class, 1939

"Woman teaching geometry" Illustration at the beginning of a medieval translation of Euclid's Elements (c. 1310 AD)

Female Scientists Aren't THAT Rare

There are plenty of deserving women who never got so much as a nod.

Tangier Island is located in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, just south of the Maryland line.

Tangier Island and the Way of the Watermen

In the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, a culture struggles to survive as aquatic life becomes scarce

Joshua Tewksbury and colleagues study whether the hot stuff in chili fruit deters bugs that may carry fungus.

Ask Smithsonian 2017

What's So Hot About Chili Peppers?

An American ecologist travels through the Bolivian forest to answer burning questions about the spice

Climbers Brian French and Will Koomjian ascend the Brummit fir in Coos County Oregon.  It is the National Champion Douglas fir and stands 335 feet tall.

Climbing the Tallest Trees

A select group of adventurers climb the world’s tallest trees to learn more about the wildlife that lives on the highest branches

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UPDATED: Small Victory for Science -- Previously: Texas Science Education Stands at the Edge of the Abyss

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Environmental Film Festival Review: Who Killed Crassostrea Virginica?

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Review: Dust, the Movie

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