Some lands welcome newcomers, while others oppose incoming foreigners. Scotland is no exception—and recent population news can be compared to prior...

Photosynthesis in plants starts with the absorption of light energy from sunlight, but scientists have been baffled as to how plants utilize the noisy...

Green leaves might hang motionless most of the time, but plenty of activity stirs deep inside them. Many people understand that molecules move during...

by Brian Thomas, Ph.D., and David Thomas* The bacteria alive in our guts swim using tiny engines that power propellers called flagella (Figure 1)....

Turtles (Chelonia) are found in oceans, freshwater ponds, and on land. The Galapagos tortoise is the largest living species of tortoise and, like the...

There are around 152,000 named species of flies (the order Diptera) representing approximately 10% of all species on Earth. One genus in particular,...