When I was a kid, we always had a ceiling-high red cedar as a Christmas tree. Although they are prickly trees that can cause ...

South Florida researchers warn the Everglades face an Asian swamp eel invasion, depleting small fish and starving wading birds, threatening the wetland food web.

From Panhandle sandbars to mossy central Florida tunnels and mangrove channels on the Gulf, this set of hidden water trails ...

Central Florida theaters, large and small, flourished with creativity during 2025. Throughout December, I’ve been saluting achievements in the various branches of the theatrical arts with a series of ...

A small fossil reveals that the largest freshwater fish, Otophysans, emerged in the sea, not in rivers, changing the ...

The Bay Area is a permanent or temporary home for 250 different species of resident and migratory birds. Noise can affect ...

Cowbirds are special among songbirds for the "watery" timbre of their singing, which resembles the sound of falling droplets ...

Why do songs replay in your mind with no off switch? A music psychologist explains earworm triggers, repetition, and ...

For how crucial whales have been for humanity, from their harvest for meat and oil to their future use of saving the world ...

Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's Short Wave talk about why swearing might improve physical performance, how birds' bills changed during the pandemic and why scientists are sampling whale breath.

Mark Gurarie is a writer covering health topics, technology, music, books, and culture. He also teaches health science and research writing at George Washington University's School of Medical and ...