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Shelley DuBois • April 15, 2009
This year's Orchid Show at the New York Botanical Gardens is a colorful take on conservation.
Allison Bond • April 10, 2009
The Audubon Center in Brooklyn's Prospect Park offers a hands-on chance for children to experience nature, teaching respect for the planet to tomorrow's environmentalists.
Allison Bond • April 6, 2009
A melting ice sheet may cause sea levels to rise unevenly around the globe, recent research reveals.
Carina Storrs • April 3, 2009
New tricks to breed sexier Mediterranean fruit flies could improve control of an important agricultural pest.
Jonathan Teyan • April 1, 2009
Google launches software designed to help homeowners reduce electricity consumption.
Rachael Rettner • March 30, 2009
Adding the right kind of bacteria, scientists find, can boost plant growth on poor quality soil.
Genevra Pittman • March 27, 2009
Study alerts Everest climbers to pay attention to early warning signs of cerebral edema.
Lynne Peeples • March 25, 2009
Invasive sea lampreys may soon become vulnerable to a powerful new stake to the heart: irresistible sex pheromones.
Dave Levitan • March 24, 2009
Have you ever heard your date sneeze and thought: “Ooh. She wants me.” No? Me neither. But that apparent non-sequitur isn’t as far-fetched as it seems. One hundred forty-six people […]
Lindsey Konkel • March 22, 2009
Experts say that global warming will have a major impact on poor nations’ fisheries.
Shelley DuBois • March 18, 2009
Scientists listen to the mating songs of disease-carrying mosquitoes in hopes that they’ll use what they learn to control wild populations.
Lindsey Konkel • March 13, 2009
Ordinary citizens make valuable contributions to scientific research.
Erik Ortlip • March 10, 2009
A microscopic arms race may lead to a new cost effective malaria treatment.
Lindsey Konkel • March 8, 2009
A recent Ebola Reston outbreak among pigs in the Philippines is cause for concern among some scientists.
Jonathan Teyan • March 1, 2009
An ornithologist’s season counting hawks atop Chestnut Ridge.