The colonial era profoundly shaped natural history museums and collections. Herbaria, which are scientists’ main source of plant specimens from around the world, are no exception.

There is more to evolution than the genes species inherit.

DNA analysis is beginning to reveal how wrong the long-accepted evolutionary tree is.

Darwin thought female animals were non-strategic and uniform, making similar decisions.

David Attenborough’s new BBC documentary The Green Planet shows plants are stranger than they first appear.

Scientists have been using art to illuminate and share their research with the public for centuries. And art could be one way to bolster K-12 science education and scientific literacy in the public.

As editor of the magazine for 24 years, Du Bois featured articles about biology, evolution, archaeology in Africa and more to refute the rampant scientific racism of the early 20th century.

Local adaptation allows plants and animals to thrive in a diversity of places. Sometimes adaptation sharpens patterns of where organisms live, but 85% of the time, it creates a more homogeneous world.