Peter Hamilton Raven, an internationally known botanist who transformed Missouri Botanical Garden into one of the world’s ...
Accomplished botanist Dr. Peter H. Raven, who led the Missouri Botanical Garden for nearly four decades, died over the ...
Discovery bolsters theory that ancient mitochondria formed brand-new, specialized ‘sacs’ in cells by shedding their outer ...
A new therapy has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases — and even reverse aging. Credit...Photo illustration by Kensuke ...
A new study reveals how a remarkable group of plants on the Galápagos Islands developed their diverse leaf shapes—offering ...
Life on Earth is often described as a web, but for much of modern science it was catalogued as a ledger: names, specimens, ...
A tiny ancient reptile just revealed the moment breathing as we know it began — and it changed life on Earth forever.
11. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION, by Jonathan Haidt. (Penguin Press) A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at ...
Forests provide myriad benefits, including timber, wildlife attraction, local cooling and climate resilience. At the ...
What can bones tell us about life millions of years ago? A paleobiologist decodes chemical clues to uncover how animals lived ...
This weekend's worldwide City Nature Challenge pits cities against each other with a shared goal — documenting the plants and ...