To an ant, the world is written in scent—and they read it with uncanny precision. A single colony can recognize thousands of chemical cues that...

What if every living creature—from coral reefs and cold-water fish to mountain flowers and desert reptiles—followed the same hidden temperature...

In eukaryotes, which are organisms with nucleated cells, the vast majority of hereditary and coded information is stored, copied, and replicated...

Scientists will never fully understand the brain’s operation.^1,2,3 As neurological research continues, it will only reveal more...

Droughts across north Texas dried the Paluxy River bed, famous for its dinosaur footprints. Ordinarily, the dinosaur tracks lie buried beneath water-covered...

Chasing and capturing fireflies is a simple joy of childhood. But for evolutionary entomologist Christopher Heckscher, that joy never left. He has been...