Articles by Andrew Coletti

The lunch that inspired me to search New York City for popping mushrooms.

Professional magician Siegfried Tieber performs extraordinary feats with everyday objects.

Toxicologist Liz Dauncey invites you to admire the marvels of plants (carefully).

It's spicier than you might expect.

The discovery of a fossil species suggests that the story of birds started about 20 million years earlier than we thought.

It's not just fusion.

Artist Amanda Kelly crafts tiny worlds that tell intricate stories.

Astrophysicist and folklorist Moiya McTier teaches science through storytelling.

Eat the spring.

Which came first: the pepper, or the pepper?

Jeannette Beranger is on a mission to save America’s rarest farm animals from extinction.

This tiny, fuzzy sunflower relative has been hiding in plain sight—it represents the first new genus identified in a U.S. national park in nearly 50 years.

Egyptian archaeologist Mennat-Allah El Dorry digs deep into the diets of the past.

The Cardamom Expanded Universe is bigger than you think.

Warrigal, murnong, and quandong, oh my!

Steven Bellettini fact-checks our assumptions about prehistoric life.

Lost body parts, dirty paintings, and an ill-fated elephant.

Animal-human conflict expert Bethany Brookshire explains why we put cats before rats.

Long before <em>A Court of Thorns and Roses,</em> 17th-century Swedish courts investigated supernatural love.

New research helps us understand how cattle spread across the world.

Not only is alcohol consumed widely in nature, it may have played a role in human evolution.

During the Roaring ’20s, the American National Zoo welcomed the first pygmy hippo superstar.

Election season means fundraiser foods, satirical sweets, and campaign trail cuisine.

How do you celebrate two feasts in one?