by Katie Bowell, Curator of Cultural Interpretation
The Chevron Corp. has been ordered to pay at least $8.6 billion in restitution for its pollution of the Amazon.
It’s imaginary…for now…but what if bees worked for the police?
The Montana State Legislature introduces a bill on global warming that describes the climate change as “beneficial.”
How much money would it take to catalog all the remaining unknown organisms on Earth? Over $200 billion U.S.
Speaking of cataloging all life on Earth, have you heard about the Barcode of Life Project?
Some of van Gogh’s vibrant yellows are turning brown. The reason? A chemical reaction never before seen in paint.
An essay on the importance (and irresponsibility) of the language used to describe and discuss “undiscovered” tribes.
Check out Myrmecos, the blog of biologist and wildlife photographer Alex Wild.
You eat over 100 trillion genes every day. Yum!
Some Egyptian mummies have false toes – and it looks like they worked when the people were alive.
And ancient Homo sapiens had spring-loaded heels.
And Lucy’s species, Australopithecus afarensis, appears to have moved more like modern humans than we once thought.