Key points In 2012, scientists working off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica found dozens of sea snakes with crabs…

Key points Over the course of 20 years, an international team of scientists collected and carbon-dated more than 7,500 marine…

A large, international team of scientists has determined that one in ten butterfly species globally has shifted its distribution range,…

Aging leaves telltale marks on DNA, and for the first time, scientists have used those molecular signatures to create a…

Key points The genus Colobura is widespread in Central and South America and contains some of the most abundant and…

Scientists have discovered that one of the ocean’s most recognizable corals, the iconic “organ pipe coral” — long believed to…

Key points Paleontologist Jason Bourque recently described a new, extinct species of musk turtle that lived in Florida during the…

Key Points Hawkmoths have evolved different feeding strategies. While some species have long proboscises they use to drink nectar from…

Few elements of our culture are as firmly established in the 21st century western zeitgeist as the fact that teachers…

Rice has historically been a heat-loving plant. In fact, the wild ancestor of cultivated rice once grew primarily on the…