Surprisingly, most species on Earth are rare, meaning that they exist in small numbers, and only a few are common...
Albinism is a condition in which an animal’s skin, feathers, or fur is lighter in color than that of other animals of...
In summer, TV and newspapers often broadcast impressive views of wildfires in Mediterranean forests. These fires are...
The weird and wonderful variety of bugs that live in streams is more than cool—it is a great scientific tool. The...
Under the surface of most streams a strange world exists, made up of hundreds of small critters called aquatic...
Did you know that there are many places on Earth that are frozen all year round? Can you imagine living your whole life...
Plants use many strategies to defend themselves against animals that eat plants, also called herbivores. One clever way...
Flowers usually provide their pollinators with food, such as nectar. But some flowers trick their pollinators into...
Microbes live just about everywhere on Earth—on and inside animals, on plants, in soils, and in water. They also thrive...
Most plants depend on insects for pollination. Honey bees pollinate many of the foods people eat, but did you know that...
Medusozoans are marine animals without backbones that live near the coasts, or in the depths of the oceans. Some of...
Bacteria are single-celled organisms that live out their lives at a microscopic scale. We can find bacteria everywhere...
