Ecology

The grand spider orchid relies on luring in a very specific type of wasp for its survival

Farming to improve crops and store more CO2 gains traction

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

By underestimating the garbage going in, the EPA may be underestimating the methane seeping out

Turning saltwater fresh with sunlight could help an increasingly thirsty world

A swarm of triggerfish demonstrates the benefits of mob feeding in the mid-Atlantic

Unlike past elections, global warming may emerge as a significant policy issue in the 2016 campaign

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. 

New research proves it: The giant panda serves as an “umbrella” that helps protect dozens of other species

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

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

Antarctica will suffer a major meltdown if we continue to burn fossil fuels at the present pace