Salmon and Agriculture Compete in the California Drought
California’s prolonged drought is leading to bitter competition for water supplies between fish and agriculture.
Mosquitoes: The Science Behind the Pests
Why do mosquitoes bite some people more than others? How you smell to a mosquito affects how much you're bit.
A Tobacco Plant that Could Cure Cancer?
Finding anti-cancer agents inside tobacco may seem like a pretty strange coincidence, but it’s not unheard of to find help in harmful places.
Sixteen-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Sperm Discovered in Australia
Digging in Queensland, Australia, scientists recently discovered the fossilized remains of a small crustacean known as a seed ...
It’s Mushroom Season…
Check out this Special Mushroom Issue of Economic Botany to look up some pictures of edible mushrooms in the wild before you go picking.