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Kick Off Summer With 7 Unique Beach Reads About the Beach

Surprising stories from where land meets sea.

April White June 1, 2023

The Historic Grand Canyon Adventure Two Women Had For Science

Botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter braved rapids and steep cliffs to catalog numerous plant species.

Sarah Durn May 29, 2023

Podcast: Tick Collection

What can we learn from these blood suckers?

The Podcast Team May 29, 2023

The Mystery of the Headless Millipedes

Every summer, hundreds of millipedes are murdered on one small Massachusetts island.

William von Herff May 26, 2023

This New Species Is a Fish out of Water by Choice

The Juan Deriba killifish, found in a tiny area of Bolivia, jumps out of water to evade threats.

James Hall May 23, 2023

What a Roving Steller's Sea Eagle May Tell Us About Ourselves

Thousands of miles from its native range, the raptor illustrates how attitudes toward nature vary.

Adriana Craciun May 22, 2023

Podcast: Chile Pepper Institute

How New Mexico became a chile pepper wonderland.

The Podcast Team May 19, 2023

Pando As You've Never Seen It Before

The Utah aspen grove is one of the world's oldest and largest living things. It's finally getting its close-up.

Amiee Maxwell May 16, 2023

Sea Lampreys, Long Reviled, Are Finally Getting Some Respect

Once dismissed as "ugly," this sucker-mouthed fish plays an important role in its native ecosystem.

Ted Williams May 15, 2023

Zurich, Switzerland

Schrödinger's Cat

Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.

The Evolution of American Military Food

What would George Washington's spruce beer-chugging troops have thought about today's cheesecake rations?

Diana Hubbell May 12, 2023

Feeding Armies Throughout History

From Sparta to the Mongol Empire, soldiers needed fuel for the fight.

Diana Hubbell May 12, 2023

Food Innovations That Came from War

Thank Uncle Sam for Cheetos, air fryers, and other modern mainstays.

Diana Hubbell May 12, 2023

How to Feed an Army

Go behind the scenes at the Massachusetts military lab engineering the fuel of the future.

Diana Hubbell May 12, 2023

This Mauritius Palm Is the Last of Its Kind in the Wild

Dedicated scientists are going to extremes to save this rare plant from extinction.

Ryan Truscott May 10, 2023

This Orlando Water Park Is Wild. No, Really.

At Orlando Wetlands Park, water goes for a ride—through a natural filtration process—and attracts birds, gators, and more.

Gemma Tarlach May 9, 2023

Burial Hill's Historic Gravestones Are Coming to Your Screen

Digitizing markers at the Massachusetts cemetery makes them more accessible.

Anya Gruber May 8, 2023

Podcast: National Poo Museum

A place where excrement is elevated.

The Podcast Team May 8, 2023