The milky specks known as hummingbird mites are among the most skilled hitchhikers in the world. They live their lives inside ...

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No matter how many buildings a student has had to traverse to attend classes, there remain parts of campus that have never ...

Field Museum visitors see less than 1% of its total collection. So where's the rest of it? CBS News Chicago went on a tour ...

Global biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, with agriculture as a major driver. There is mounting evidence that intercropping can increase insect biodiversity while maintaining or ...

Ants — yes, ants — could protect apples, nuts, cocoa, and other beloved crops from disease and climate change.

The Museum of the Earth, however, is in imminent danger of closing its doors. After more than 90 years of contributions to paleontological research and over two decades of service to the Ithaca and ...

Tropical forests host an estimated 62% of global terrestrial vertebrate species on less than 20% of the Earth's land area and ...

“You would think we would’ve had the Sydney funnel-web spider’s diversity and evolution figured out because it’s such a charismatic animal, but it just goes to show that for most of arthropods, we ...

Do you enjoy discovering unique places and off-the-beaten-track attractions? If so, you will want to visit these 11 local hidden gems again and again.

For the first six games of the season, Justin Fields was under center, leading the Steelers to a 4-2 record. Wilson was slated to start for the Steelers in Week 1, but a calf injury gave Fields ...

Wassel's team—dubbed the Pawpaw Patrol—investigated the effect of pawpaw on herbaceous community composition at Tyson Research Center, WashU's environmental field station, located near Eureka ...