The first appearance of bright green leaves heralds the start of spring, nudging insects, birds and other animals into a…

Thousands of years ago, the inhabitants of modern-day Florida and the Caribbean feasted on sea turtles, leaving behind bones that…

Our horses breathed deep but kept a steady pace as we ascended to 10,000 feet above sea level, scanning the…

Plants are evolutionary champions, dominating Earth’s ecosystems for more than a billion years and making the planet habitable for countless…

Butterflies and moths rank among the most diverse groups in the animal kingdom, with nearly 160,000 known species, ranging from…

Seagrass meadows put down deep roots, persisting in the same spot for hundreds and possibly thousands of years, a new…

With toothlike spines and barbs, thorny skates are just as sharp as their name suggests. But these shark relatives are…

Along a bend in the Apalachicola River, 50 miles west of Tallahassee, Florida’s largest slice of visible bedrock towers more…

Researchers have discovered a common butterfly genus from South America previously believed to contain just three species actually has 12.…

There’s a whole world behind the scenes at natural history museums that most people never see. Museum collections house millions…