One of my favorite memories was when we first moved to Maine, over 30 years ago, and discovered vernal pools (our house was surrounded by them). Vernal pools are seasonal forested wetlands that fill ...

An expert guide on breaking down shrimp-buying labels at the grocery store that includes the differences between fresh vs.

Tadpole shrimp aren't the living fossils they appear to be, new research suggests. Darwin coined the term "living fossil" in "On the Origin of Species" to describe organisms that appear not to have ...

Depths such as those at the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument are an extreme challenge for explorers, providing scarce information about their inhabitants, let alone their behavior. However, ...