As well as books, the new facility in Colorado offers hundreds of kits to connect people with the natural world. We asked five of the first visitors what they thought of it

Angel Torrella’s original microscope drawings for Fernando de Zayas, revisited through archival research, Adobe Firefly and Photoshop. Explore the signature project.

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Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Natural history can captivate the minds of all manner of people for a multitude of reasons, but a shifting media landscape demands adaptation from public educators....

Genuine artifacts tell the richest stories that fill our souls. And they fuel the scientific enterprise.

A public hearing this week by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights will assess claims that the Peruvian state violated the rights of the Indigenous Mashco Piro, Yora, and Amahuaca peoples, who…

In the warmer regions of the world, a rich and colorful ant fauna lives entirely in the trees.

The Clemson University Arthropod Collection turns 100 this year, and the data it contains is more valuable to the University's land-grant mission than ever. The Clemson University Arthropod Collection...

His “The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook” made a case for insects as food, while his boisterous cooking demonstrations brought tarantulas and crickets to TV.

The University of Utah is planning to lay off 285 to 855 staffers over the next year in a “modernization effort,” the state’s flagship university revealed Tuesday. The impacted workers represent 5% to...

New document emphasizes support for White House priorities over curiosity-driven ideas

Eight months ago, he became New York’s first socialist mayor on the promise that another way of doing politics is possible. Though he has no shortage of critics, the energy of the Mamdani effect can b...

In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited.

A hunter-gatherer who lived in Indonesia as early as 25,000 years ago may have regularly sucked on betel nuts to release their psychoactive properties.

Students in Singapore and parts of China had the highest scores on the test known as PISA. Scores for American students were near a 25-year low.

A corn infection that Midwestern farmers dread is also a culinary delicacy in Mexico. Now, farmers, chefs and a secretive vegetable broker are bringing it to St. Louisans.

Cities can become dangerously hot during extreme heat events, making it increasingly important for urban planners to find ways to reduce temperatures and protect people from heat exposure. Woodlands,…