Natural Sciences
Meet the Researchers Who Scour the World's Most Dangerous Corners in Search of Biological Riches
Militants, malaria and pirates are just some of the challenges these scientist-explorers face in their quest to map the world’s diversity
The Long, Adorable History of Pandas in America
Su Lin was the first giant panda to come to America, landing in San Francisco in 1936
Thanks to Fossil Fuels, Carbon Dating Is in Jeopardy. One Scientist May Have an Easy Fix
If only there were such an easy fix for climate change
The History and Future of the Once-Revolutionary Taxidermy Diorama
In their heyday, these dead animal displays were virtual reality machines
Calling All Conspiracy Theorists: Alaska's "Mind-Control Lab" Is Hosting an Open House
Depending on who you ask, HAARP can control minds, weather, and even earthquakes
Scientists Know They Should Really Study Important Bugs but OMG a Baby Cheetah
In conservation science, the cutest animals still get all the attention
Vladimir Nabokov’s Butterfly Drawings Take Flight in This New Book
A little-known fact: The author of “Lolita” was also an avid lepidopterist
For One Day Only, Visit the Farm and Cryogenics Laboratory Trying to Save Endangered Livestock Breeds
Enjoy a farm tour, cryogenics demonstration and a heritage-breed beef burger at Newport, Rhode Island's Swiss Village Farm
Where to See Thousands and Thousands of Tulips
From the Netherlands to Kashmir, get lost in tulip mania
A Fecal Pellet’s Worth A Thousand Words
Scientists can learn a surprising amount about an animal just by analyzing its poop
The Scientific Daredevils Who Made Yale's Peabody Museum a National Treasure
When an award-winning science writer dug into the backstory of this New Haven institute, he found a world of scientific derring-do
Early Microscopes Revealed a New World of Tiny Living Things
A cloth merchant turned a device for checking his wares into an instrument fit for science
These Birds Can Sing Using Only Their Feathers
When feathers meet air in just the right way, birds can create distinctive sounds
Stop Making Fun of Tyrannosaurs’ Tiny Arms
The stubby limbs may seem out of place, but they may have been key to the <i>T. rex’s</i> terrifying bite
Pint-Sized Lizards Trapped in Amber Give Clues to Life 100 Million Years Ago
The trove of Cretaceous reptiles includes an early relative of the chameleon—the oldest yet discovered
Listen to the Sweet Sounds of Slime Mold
Two artists transform the bioelectricity of microorganisms into song
The Ig Nobel Prize Turns 25
Celebrating a quarter-century of the goofiest work in science
See the Flowers that Bloom All At Once, One Night a Year
The mysterious night-blooming cereus just dazzled a garden in Tucson. Scientists still aren’t sure exactly how they bloom at the same time
A 19th Century Shipwreck Might Be Why This Famous Female Naturalist Faded to Obscurity
Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented the aquarium and studied cephalopods, but today few recognize her name
How to Travel by Scent
We tend to privilege our sense of sight, but why not be led by your nose?
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