The iNaturalist cellphone app not only helps users identify plant, animal and insect species; it also provides invaluable data to scientists studying biodiversity, species decline, and habitat loss.

With the lightest touch, this plant bursts open, flinging its seeds through the air. Here’s how it evolved this biological ...

Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more! Although lichens look like a single organism, they actually ...

Don’t we all love trees? We couldn’t breathe without them. But did you know there’s a group called Neighborhood Forest that gives kids free trees to plant? So how does your kid get one? Check and see ...

(via SciShow) The Standard Model of Particle Physics is the best theory scientists have to explain how the universe works on subatomic scales. But just because it's the "best" doesn't mean there ...

(via SciShow) Height is one of the first things we notice about someone, and it affects us all the time, whether you struggle to find pants that are long enough or can't reach the top shelf. And the ...

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HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) — Hilliard residents are concerned a proposed fuel system near Beacon Elementary School could harm students. It wouldn’t be the first time parents worried about contamination.

Children who are vegans and vegetarians may not be getting all the nutrients they need from their diets, a group of international researchers said Friday. Similar patterns were seen in kids on a vegan ...