Human beings tend to be anthropocentric. That is, we often see ourselves as evolution’s magnum opus despite the fact that, as ...

You might know to steer clear of green potatoes and rhubarb leaves. That’s because they produce toxins that can make humans ...

Not only do humans crave refreshment on hot days–insects need water too. In addition to special insect waterers in the garden ...

You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the last of the northern white rhinos. But scientists are only beginning to ...

In 1997, at age 19, Toby Kiers talked her way into the Smithsonian's renowned tropical research institute on Barro Colorado, an island in the middle of the Panama Canal. The scientists studied the ...