The facility, now located at the Northern Botanical Garden in Río Piedras, houses more than 52,000 specimens of high ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they ...

Harvard researchers have discovered that cycads—one of the oldest living lineages of seed plants—heat up their reproductive ...

Join National Poetry Day Ambassador and children’s author Simon Mole and musician and TikTok sensation Gecko for their brand ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Chris ...

When most people see a leafhopper in their backyard garden, they notice little more than a tiny green or striped insect flicking from leaf to leaf. But these insects are actually master engineers, ...

Scabies is a skin problem caused by tiny bugs called mites. These mites are so small that you can’t see them without a ...

An entomologist at Anglia Ruskin University has discovered seven new species of leafhopper. A researcher at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, England has identified seven previously unknown ...

To survive the bitter cold, Antarctica’s native residents adorn themselves with thick layers of fat and fur. A non-biting ...

For all the obstacles players face at Alexandra Palace, it is wasps that have once again buzzed into the spotlight at this ...

Scientists discovered that crickets that were fed microplastics grew in size by a staggering 25 times over a seven-week ...

An outbreak of infant botulism tied to ByHeart baby formula has been expanded to include any illnesses reported since the ...