These shots from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why butterflies have floated into our hearts ...

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The insects from this group were last seen in 2008 and will appear across the eastern U.S. for a brief, dramatic frenzy of ...

For the study, researchers sequenced the DNA of 13 present-day members of the tribe. They compared that genetic material to ...

The National Museum of Natural History contains the petrified remains of ancient trees that were once the centerpiece of a ...

From a research submersible, scientists saw hardened lava, dead tube worms and orange flashes from an eruption in the East ...

Bruce M. Beehler. BRUCE M. BEEHLER is an ornithologist, naturalist, conservationist, lecturer, and author of nature books ...

Local birding expert David Sonneborn took me out birding a couple of times, and we managed to see Hudsonian Godwits in the ...