Science

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

Whether you call them gaps, rings, or fairy circles, these unexpected formations in seagrass beds are keeping scientists guessing.

The main casualty of the catsup war was flavor.

A surprise discovery from Haiti may finally reveal how some famous feral horses got to a distant barrier island.

Systemic racism kept him from a position in higher education—but it didn't stop Charles Henry Turner from rewriting our understanding of bees, ants, and cockroaches.

Sharks, beavers, and humans are all returning to London's iconic waterway thanks to decades of restoration work.

Transforming PhDs into pastries.

Invasive predators and other threats have pushed the Key Largo woodrat to the brink. A small but passionate group of scientists and volunteers is pushing back.

It may be the key to cutting down 7,800 metric tons of annual carbon emissions.

The evolutionary marvel mates in love trains, can swim in the ocean, and even uses jazz hands as a defensive tactic.

Embryos of one of the world's most unusual amphibians become art in the eyes of a biologist and wildlife photographer.

Scientists, residents, and visitors have banded together for a massive biodiversity survey of British Columbia's Galiano Island.

This ingredient belongs in both the laboratory and the kitchen.

Destructive mollusks threaten the Canadian province's waterways but K9 Kilo and his handler are on the case.

A new study suggests the soundscape could have affected the mental health of 19th-century settlers.

The towering Alerce Milenario may be more than 5,000 years old, but it's just one of several contenders for the title.