The Department of the Interior seeks to remove the lesser prairie chicken’s endangered species designation. What would that mean?

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Scientists at the Missouri Botanical Garden are preserving diverse plant species. And, how micronutrients could help address world hunger.

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Katalin Karikó was ignored, demoted, and dismissed for decades. Then she won a Nobel Prize.

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A passion for fashion among the “bone collector caterpillar,” who wears a coat of body parts, and an artist who... more

Millions of years ago, iguanas somehow got from North America to Fiji. Scientists think they made the trip on a... more

In “Into the Unknown,” an astronomer explores the mysteries of the cosmos and the limits of what science can test.