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No ordinary fowl, these birds have been bred for visual delight. For many an owner, they are just too pretty to eat
Methyl bromide makes our fields fruitful; it will soon be banned, not because it's toxic and it's very toxic but because it attacks the ozone layer
Jokes, puns, even insults when it comes to deciding what to call newly discovered species, scientists don't always go by the book
Since her arrival in September, baby Chitwan has charmed visitors and curators alike. This is the first birth of a rhino at the National Zoo since 1974
Experiments at sea show we can cause phytoplankton to bloom in areas where it otherwise would not
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Working alone, by hand, one man is turning 100 acres of alien trees into a refuge for Hawaii's endangered botanical treasures
Geneticist Jasper Rine and his colleagues launched the Dog Genome Initiative to elucidate both canine genes and behavior
Most Americans believe science and technology make their lives better, two out of five are "very interested" in them, but not many know how they work
NASM's new "How Things Fly" gallery is hands-on to the max! At 50 visitor-operated displays, you can see and feel the basic principles of flight in action
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New York's renowned veterinary hospital takes on almost anything, from a constricted boa to a mite-infested mouse to an anemic iguana
If it is tall, wide and thick enough, it might qualify for listing on the National Register of Big Trees--but first someone has to find it
It took four years, a shipwright and help from the British to create the blue whale model installed in the National Museum of Natural History
That's the advice researchers in Venezuela give volunteers who help them find and collect specimens of the world's biggest boa
In which it is amply demonstrated that the sound bite, long a pariah of pundits and pooh-bahs, is really a help meet to man
The experts believe Mount Rainier will give plenty of notice before it erupts again--the problem is that it can kill in other ways
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Don't be misled by their dainty appearance. These ornaments of summer are aggressive predators, amazing fliers and bizarre suitors
At a 2,600-acre research site near Chesapeake Bay, Smithsonian scientists are answering basic questions about how ecosystems work
The innovative dwellings designed by Seattle architect James Cutler are rooted in the wooded contours of the land they complement
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