Biodiversity

A newly drawn Tree of Life reminds us to question what we know

A newly released diagram of all life on Earth, the Tree of Life, contains a whole new branch, full of microbes — which appear to dominate Earth’s biodiversity. How did we miss t...

A day in the life of baby coral

Most of the Caribbean’s coral reefs are in bad shape, victims of overfishing, sewage and fertilizer pollution, disease, rising temperatures, and reckless coastal development. Bu...

Forget “farm to table.” Here’s “boat to plate.”

In recent years, the clamor around the “local” food movement has, in some quarters at least, grown slightly deafening. And if, like me, you find yourself living in a certain par...