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Nature

Arts, Culture & Media
Stormy Music
Arts, Culture & Media
Canaries in the Coal Smoke
Rainbow scarab beetle
Science
Dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way and other facts about ‘nature’s recyclers’
'Age of Acceleration'
Books
A new book explores how to survive the ‘Age of Accelerations’
It’s Only Post-Natural
Full Episode
Volunteer Bob Walsh drags away buckthorn branches. (Photo: Olivia Powers)
Environment
These volunteer weed whackers are fighting invaders in Boston’s harbor
From Atop an Ecuadorian Peak, an Epiphany About Nature
Picture of the Week: Corpse Flower
Quiz: Is This Panda Pregnant?
Picture of the Week: Blue Morpho Butterflies
Picture of the Week: Saharan Silver Ant
Picture of the Week: Axolotl
Science Diction: Dinosaur
The Octopus Whisperer
Picture of the Week: Cock-Eyed Squid
Take a Selfielopod for #CephalopodWeek!
Jet-setting Cephalopods
Dissect a Silkworm Cocoon
Picture of the Week: The Green Rose
Picture of the Week: Limpet Teeth
Picture of the Week: Bombardier Beetle
From Feed Lot to Pasture: The State of U.S. Pork
Picture of the Week: Cat Tongue
Build an Earthquake Machine
Picture of the Week: Pando, One of Earth’s Largest Living Organisms
Picture of the Week: Scuttle Flies
Picture of the Week: Lion’s Mane Mushroom
Picture of the Week: Horn Shark Egg Case
Picture of the Week: Capsizing Iceberg
Picture of the Week: Ruby Seadragon
How Can We Clean Up an Oil Spill?
Picture of the Week: Corn Smut
How Can We Build Homes That Are Resistant to Mold?
Picture of the Week: Hopkins’ Rose Sea Slug
Picture of the Week: Yellowstone’s Morning Glory
Picture of the Week: Electric Eel
Get Ready to Hike
The SciFri Book Club Searches for Lost Cities
Picture of the Week: Livingstone’s Beetles
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Conflict
Hiking once saved this Cambodian refugee’s life — and now it’s his therapy
From Antlers to Tusks: Our Obsession With Extreme Animal Weapons
#ObserveEverything Reflection
Picture of the Week: Phytoplankton
#ObserveEverything: Staff Picks, Week #3
A Jaguar Needs a Root Canal? The Dentist Is In
#ObserveEverything: Staff Picks, Week #1
Picture of the Week: Mammalian Eye
Picture of the Week: Fused Staghorn Coral
Jumping Spider Shake Down
Picture of the Week: American Avocets
Picture of the Week: ‘Sequined’ Spider
Picture of the Week: Great Bowerbird’s Bower
Classroom Strategy: Image of the Day
10 Questions for Biruté Mary Galdikas, Orangutan Expert
Picture of the Week: Growing Starfish
Picture of the Week: Ugab River
Picture of the Week: Mating Pandemonium in African Forest Elephants
Picture of the Week: Mating Pandemonium in African Forest Elephants
‘Dune’ Pic: What’s this Mouse Got to Do With Paul Muad’Dib?
Animals Can Suffer From Mental Illness, Too