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Close up of blooming corpse flower

Scientists crack the mystery of why the corpse flower smells like death

a close-up of a black and yellow bumblebee landing on the yellow center of an orange flower

Worker bees have power to pick their queen

By Laura Baisas

Hand with microgel sunscreen applied next to jar of sunscreen and bowl of camellia seeds used in recipe

Is pollen the secret to eco-friendly sunscreen?

Valley carpenter bee.

Our pest control is killing the bees

By Harriet Weber

Rusty-patched Bumblebee gathering nectar from a yellow flower

Rare bees kill Meta’s nuclear-powered AI data center plans

A Sombrero ground lizard (Pholidoscelis corvinus) photographed on Sombrero Island in June 2021. This species is endemic to the Carribbean island.

Population of nearly extinct lizard grows 16X in only six years

By Laura Baisas

luffa acutangular, Cucurbitaceae green vegetable fresh on brown fabric in garden on nature background

A trip to the farm where loofahs grow on vines

By Alisha McDarris

A purple and white carnivorous plant called Arisaema thunbergii growing in a forest. It has a tube and cup shaped flower and uses a musky odor to lure fungus gnats.

Bug-munching plant turns insect nurseries into death traps

By Laura Baisas

a venus fly trap closes on a fly.

Venus fly traps’ death-grip trigger discovered

By Laura Baisas

Photo illustration of hawkmoth navigating to flower during vehicle exhaust emission.

Air pollution messes with moths’ ability to smell flowers

By Lauren Leffer

A super rare, blue lobster escapes the dinner plate

By Laura Baisas

a sunrise over a desert landscape

13 perfect panoramic images from the 2025 Epson International Pano awards

By Popular Science Team

A close-up photograph shows a hoverfly (Syrphidae) resting on the yellow center and pale pink/white petals of a flower. The hoverfly has a black and orange striped abdomen, mimicking a bee or wasp, and clear wings. Its head and thorax are dark brown/black.

Nature’s greatest method actors: the insects that cosplay bumblebees

By James Gilbert and Lesley J. Morrell

Beautiful fluffy tabby cat portrait, walks from a wooden old rural fence, green grass of the garden, summer sunny day

Beyond birds and mice, free‑ranging cats eat a surprising number of insects

By Christopher A. Lepczyk, Daniel Rubinoff, Jean E. Fantle-Lepczyk / The Conversation

Star - Space with the Pleiades over the roof of a residential house.

Street lamps aren’t the only form of artificial light pollution

By Georgia MacMillan, Marie Mahon, Thérèse Conway / The Conversation

Tick in the grass

How to keep ticks out of your yard

By Debbie Wolfe

red tomatoes on a vine next to some yellow potatoes and peaches

How the tomato created the potato

By Laura Baisas

Dirty unhygienic toilet in an apartment

Would you pay $49 a month to drink recycled wastewater?

By Matt Simon / Grist

a bat with brown, black, and white fur and open eyes

Robert Battinson, Batlor Swift, and more face off in Bat Beauty Contest

By Laura Baisas

An Ixodes tick (left). An Asian tiger mosquito. (right)

What a cold winter means for ticks and mosquitoes

By Laura Baisas

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Woolly mammoth set in a winter scene environment.

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By Taylor Dotson / MIT Press Reader