Skeptophilia

One of the things I love most about science is its capacity to astonish us. You can be really knowledgeable in a field, and then the natural...

I think a lot of people -- and I'm very much including myself in this -- sleepwalk through a lot of our lives. We focus on what's ri...

The adage goes, "Extinction is forever." It's a sobering thought.  There's been talk of "de-extinction" -- using...

Today's post comes to us purely from the "Okay, This Is Cool" department. I've been fascinated with plant taxonomy since l...

One of the most pernicious tendencies in human thought is our arrogance.  The attitude that we know all there is to know, understand the uni...

So much of the damage we've done to the planet hasn't been deliberate destructiveness; it's been due to our carelessly stomping ...

A couple of weeks ago, we looked at the discovery and decipherment of a codex written in Nahuatl , one of the languages spoken by the Aztecs...

Anyone know what the world's largest flower is? Chances are, some of you know that honor goes to the bizarre Indonesian species Rafflesi...

I grew up around plants.  Well, everyone does, more or less, but my parents were dedicated gardeners and naturalists.  My dad grew show-qual...

The final project in my AP Biology class was to design a piece of original research, carry out an experiment, and report on the results.  I ...