Science

The bees and ... the wolves? Turns out, the Ethiopian wolf may be a pollinator, too.

The fast-growing blaze comes as various parts of Southern California are under red flag warnings because of fierce Santa Ana winds, low humidity and dry vegetation.

During their passage through Mexico, monarch butterflies depend on the shelter of endangered trees—so this scientist is leading a huge experiment to build them a new winter habitat.

New England Aquarium staff and volunteers are treating the reptiles, which have gotten trapped after venturing north earlier in the year. Experts say climate change is leading more turtles to get stranded in the bay.

The ancient sea creatures are rarely photographed, much less filmed.

The Sun rises every day. Water boils at 100°C. Apples fall to the ground. We live in a world in which objects behave the same given the same circumstances.

Think of the last time you concentrated deeply to solve a challenging problem. To solve a math puzzle or determine a chess move, for example, you might have had to screen through multiple strategies and approaches. But little by little, the conundrum would have come into focus.

My vegetable garden is a jungle. The grass is waist-high, the weeds have consumed my gardening tools and representatives from all classes of the animal kingdom – possibly also a jabberwocky – are enjoying a comfortable existence in there, eating my salad greens and each other.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems may be able to produce some eye-opening results but new research shows they don’t have a coherent understanding of the world and real rules.

Stress makes mice form big bundles of neurons in the brain that disrupt memory formation, making them fearful of harmless situations1 — which might help to explain why stressed people often feel threatened in safe environments.