
Sexually Deceptive Orchid Seeks Specialty Pollinator
The grand spider orchid relies on luring in a very specific type of wasp for its survival

Sexually Deceptive Orchid Seeks Specialty Pollinator
The grand spider orchid relies on luring in a very specific type of wasp for its survival

Farms Harvest Cuts in Carbon Dioxide via Soil
Farming to improve crops and store more CO2 gains traction


House Dust Organisms Reveal Location and Residents
The particular fungi found in house dust can tell investigators where you live, and the bacteria in the dust can give away who and what you live with

EPA May Underestimate Landfill Methane
By underestimating the garbage going in, the EPA may be underestimating the methane seeping out

Can Solar Desalination Slake the World's Thirst?
Turning saltwater fresh with sunlight could help an increasingly thirsty world

The "Black Piranha" of Ascension Island
A swarm of triggerfish demonstrates the benefits of mob feeding in the mid-Atlantic

Republican Candidates Acknowledge Climate Change Is Real
Unlike past elections, global warming may emerge as a significant policy issue in the 2016 campaign

A Circle Unbroken
Honing your artistic skills can be a huge challenge once you've set your sights on realism. For wildlife painters, they need to be masters of it all - they can't spend 20 years mastering the human form when the world is filled with mountain lions, birch trees, stag beetles and granite.
The artistically-restless Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen goes further than many wildlife artists. With each work, he tackles some new challenge of subject matter or composition.

Giant Panda Conservation Also Helps Other Unique Species in China
New research proves it: The giant panda serves as an “umbrella” that helps protect dozens of other species

Domesticated Pigs Kept Oinking with Wild (and Crazy) Boars
Domesticated pigs had many dalliances with wild boars that added new genes to the pig population well after they had settled down on the farm

Snake Bites in Costa Rica Peak with El Niño Cycling
Researchers found that snakebites were two to three times as prevalent in the hottest and coldest years of the El Niño climate cycle. Christopher Intagliata reports

Melting Antarctica Could Drown Coasts Much Sooner Than You Thought
Antarctica will suffer a major meltdown if we continue to burn fossil fuels at the present pace