Articles by Jessica Leigh Hester

The women in this century-old photo weren't visitors—they were probably scientists.

It can help researchers track diet, reconstruct food webs, and identify threats to wildlife.

Meet Armando, a champion racer.

Bernard Sleigh's dreamland mashes up myths, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes.

The chunks look and smell like rancid dairy, so scientists set out to confirm it.

Investigating the old myth that cosmic events can have a fowl impact.

Piles of poop are helping researchers dissect the diet of urban and suburban canids.

First get lost in the pages, then get lost in the places.

Scientists have a new theory about why they sometimes look like frosty green gemstones.

Tracking these insects takes a little adhesive and a lot of luck.

An abstract view of a changing world.

An introduction to cetacean forensics.

When the infamously cloudy continent got a February reprieve, satellites got a clear view.

If you're endangered, it helps to be famous and cute.

A bunch of them clogged a sewer in England, like little fatbergs made from flour and eggs.

“This is an impressive display of the power of wind and water!”

This latrine had room for three.

Thousands were cast into the waves in the 1960s, and one turned up in Texas decades later.

They tore it down in the 1960s to solve the puzzle below.

Centuries after the Porcelain Tower was torn down, it was built up again—and this time, made of steel.

The town sat atop a trove of rock that was irresistible to fuel companies.

On Valentine’s Day 1994, protestors in Hollywood turned out to eulogize the Brown Derby.

But a new circulation system is making things better.

The decks suggested proper technique, and were a path to class mobility.