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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

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?

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

Air pollution messes with moths’ ability to smell flowers

By Lauren Leffer

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 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

a venus fly trap closes on a fly.

Venus fly traps’ death-grip trigger discovered

By Laura Baisas

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

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

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

How the tomato created the potato

By Laura Baisas

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

A Joshua tree on Eureka Peak in Joshua Tree National Park.

With hotter, drier weather, California’s Joshua Trees are in trouble

By Jim Robbins / Yale Environment 360

Dirty unhygienic toilet in an apartment

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

By Matt Simon / Grist

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

What a cold winter means for ticks and mosquitoes

By Laura Baisas

a newly discovered species of plant. it has fuzzy white wool on its green leaves, a yellow center, and two small red flowers

New species of fuzzy sunflower found by national park volunteer

By Laura Baisas

Woman gardening, planting a poppy, close-up.

Embrace the fun of growing culinary plants in unexpected places

By Debbie Wolfe

stages of a plant's development

Yes, plants go through ‘puberty’

By Laura Baisas

An elevated view of the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, Japan, filled with a large crowd of pedestrians. People of all ages are walking in various directions across the wide, multi-directional crosswalks, which form a pattern of thick white stripes on the gray pavement. The scene is bright and busy, capturing the constant flow of foot traffic.

Struggling to get in your daily steps? It may be your city’s fault.

By Matt Simon / Grist

a more colorful dominant male fish next to a more muted subordinate fish

Stress is warping these fish brains

By Laura Baisas

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a hand holding a yellow paper airplane against a blue sky

It’s National Paper Airplane Day: How to make a NASA-approved plane

By Laura Baisas

two sea slugs that are transluscent with yellow and black spots

Seed-size sea slug looks like an everything bagel

By Margherita Bassi

a gold medal from the 1924 olympics in paris. the text on one side reads VIII OLYMPIAD PARIS 1924 and has a rugby ball, discuss, and a harp etched in. the other shows a winner reaching down to help up a fallen competitor over the five interlocking olympic rings

Extremely rare 1924 Olympic gold medal up for auction

By Laura Baisas

hybrid cars on dealership lot

Why hybrids — not EVs — are winning over US consumers

By Tik Root/Grist