biodiversity

Why didn't this 2,000 year old body decompose?

The global movement to restore nature's biodiversity

The big-beaked, rock-munching fish that protect coral reefs

The power of venom -- and how it could one day save your life

Every day you live, you impact the planet

Licking bees and pulping trees: The reign of a wasp queen

How you can help save the monarch butterfly -- and the planet

What a nun can teach a scientist about ecology

The mysterious origins of life on Earth

How turtle shells evolved... twice

How one tree grows 40 different kinds of fruit

This ancient rock is changing our theory on the origin of life

How animals and plants are evolving in cities

How community-led conservation can save wildlife

The fascinating (and dangerous) places scientists aren't exploring

The mysterious microbes living deep inside the earth -- and how they could help humanity

Grief and love in the animal kingdom

Why don't poisonous animals poison themselves?

The discoveries awaiting us in the ocean's twilight zone

Four billion years of evolution in six minutes

How we're saving one of Earth's last wild places

The tiny creature that secretly powers the planet

What sticky sea creatures can teach us about making glue

The wonderful world of life in a drop of water

How we study the microbes living in your gut

The surprising science of alpha males

This deep-sea mystery is changing our understanding of life

An economic case for protecting the planet

For the love of birds

An interview with Mauritius's first female president

How fungi recognize (and infect) plants

How to win at evolution and survive a mass extinction

The three different ways mammals give birth

What if the best fertilizer was an algorithm?

How human noise affects ocean habitats

What we don't know about mother's milk