These teacher-tested activities use free or familiar tools to help students think critically, create meaningfully, and ...

Carnivorous plants of the genus Pinguicula (butterworts) from Mexico apparently use the same water-saving photosynthesis type as many succulent plants, such as cacti. Botanists from the SNSB and LMU ...

Before I retired, I taught science to fourth graders in Midland’s gifted and talented program. As a scientist myself, I ...

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When summer fades and fall emerges, lush green tree leaves give way to a variety of warm hues in foliage that mark the ...

A good way to start an argument among biologists is to ask them what seems a simple question: "What is a species?" To evolutionary theorists, a species is a fundamental unit, and transitions between ...

How does grass make sheep?” We were walking across a field in Northern England recently, and the child-like question popped up, unbidden and unexpected, like similar ones sometimes do: “How do ...