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A honey-infused Bee's Knees cocktail on a white plate on a table next to a jar of honey, some lemons, and a honey dipper.

The science behind mixing honey into cocktails

By Noah Lederman

a brown spotted butterfly sits on a branch

The butterfly redemption: Inside the quest to save a struggling species

By Brian Payton / Hakai Magazine

CES 2025: 18 new products we’re looking forward to this year

By Tony Ware, Stan Horaczek

Swarm of invasive Apis cerana in Cairns, North Queensland.

How a single honey bee colony led to a species invasion

By Lauren Leffer

parasitic horsehair worm

‘Brainwashing’ parasites inherit a strange genetic gap

By Maddi Langweil

A woman in a field observes a plant.

Citizen science is another great form of nature therapy

By Laura Baisas

bat in the dark

Can niche lives of bats help them avoid the white-nose syndrome?

By Trina Moyles / Hakai Magazine

dirty hands spray green plants with a plastic bottle

Pesticides leave a lasting mark on pollinating bees

By Kate Baggaley

Hybrid potatoes created by the biotechnology company Solynta, grown and recently harvested in Kenya.

How crop science is transforming the humble potato

By Martin Enserink / Undark

A moth called a tobacco budworm on a green leaf. Moths like the tobacco budworm use pheromone signaling to find mates.

How male tobacco budworm moths found their perfect cologne

By Laura Baisas

Four male common fruit flies in a chain trying to mate with each other after being exposed to ozone air pollution

Horny male fruit flies plunge into chaos when exposed to air pollution

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Pink feathery muhly grass are one the many native types of grass you plant in the US.

9 native grasses that will revitalize your sad, water-wasting lawn

By Helen Bradshaw

#NoMowMay may just be a hashtag.

There’s little science behind ‘No Mow May’

By Peter Andrey Smith/Undark

Cities scramble to find trees that will survive

By Laura Hautala / Grist

Rhododendrons blooming.

Multiple species of Rhododendron thrive by taking turns to bloom

By Laura Baisas

The planet has 8 measures of stability—and we’re pushing past most of them

The planet has 8 measures of stability—and we’re pushing past most of them

By Carla Delgado

A blue butterfly on a pink flowering plant.

A ‘butterfly tree of life’ reveals the origins of these beautiful insects

By Laura Baisas

Monarch butterfly during migration perched on leaf with wings spread out

Monarch butterflies’ signature color patterns could inspire better drone design

Small flying robot perched atop cactus

This bumblebee-inspired bot can bounce back after injuring a wing

a fuzzy bumblebee settles on a pink flower

Bees can sense a flower’s electric field—unless fertilizer messes with the buzz

By Lauren J. Young

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Vector illustration of a teenage girl and boy holding a smartphone and being shocked and surprised by ban on social media or the use of smartphones. The background shows a smartphone screen with several app icons with blocked symbols.

What can we learn from Australia’s social media ban for teens?

By Rachel Nowak / Knowable Magazine

a frog sits in a lake. it has a brown body with black spots

Endangered Species

Over 10,000 endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs are taking California by storm

By Margherita Bassi

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Why you shouldn’t trust everything you find in an AI web search