Many of us remember our mothers saying “You kids, go outside and play!”  Some kids were happy to play outside, and others not.  Many lines ...

A Nigerian manioc farmer with roots from one plant. The leaves (behind her) are used in popular dishes. Most Americans are familiar with the prepared ...

It is hard to imagine our lives without domesticated animals. We have our partners who share our homes, such as dogs and cats, and then ...

First published June 14, 2021 by Carnegie Museum of Natural History. The genus Smilax is one of our most common woodland plants. Known as greenbriar, sweetbriar, or catbriar, ...

Scientists describe, measure, and compare. With improved technology we have increasingly precise measurements. But, sometimes precision and accuracy are not the same thing. Consider the ...

Scientists characterize terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems quite differently, and even use opposite criteria to define ecosystem health. For a terrestrial system, productivity (lots of nutrients ...

Many of our vegetable crops come from plant families that are famously toxic. Among our most familiar foods are the popular varieties of tomatoes, potatoes, ...

Forests can tell us their history if we know how to read them. Trees can tell us a forest was logged long after the wood ...

First published March 14, 2017. While splitting some wood, we were pleasantly surprised to find evidence of the Hickory Bark Beetle, Scolytus quadrispinosus, whose larvae ...