In 1965, renowned bee biologist Charles Michener described a new species of masked bee from “an entirely unexpected region,” the...

March 11 marks the fourth anniversary of the World Health Organization’s declaration that the COVID-19 outbreak was a pandemic. COVID-19...

animal welfare: An idea that describes the quality of an animal’s life. Good animal welfare means that animals are safe,...

Confirmation bias (noun, “Kahn-ferr-MAY-shun By-us”) Confirmation bias is our natural tendency to seek out and believe information that confirms what...

Maybe science has misunderstood the dining style of big monarch butterfly caterpillars. What insect watchers have called defense against the...

NASA engineers must quantify everything. But no matter how many equations they use to calculate launch windows, estimate exposure to...

Tall palm trees are a signature of Hollywood Boulevard and tropical resorts. Their relatives, however, can come in very different...

In the middle of the night in a humid coastal rainforest, a litter of pink, hairless babies snuggle with their...

Air pollution may blunt the signature scents of some night-blooming flowers, jeopardizing pollination. When the aroma of a pale evening...

asteroid: A rocky object in orbit around the sun. Most asteroids orbit in a region that falls between the orbits...