From picture books to graphic novels, fantasy to family fun, these must-read books have the power to hook kids of any gender. Some are cultural touchstones that belong in every kid's library. Others ...

Oakland Ballet Company has announced the program for its fourth Dancing Moons Festival, an annual celebration of Asian ...

A snake flicks its tongue. While we humans use our tongues for taste, a snake’s tongue has a different purpose.

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A variety of organisms, such as bacteria, fungi, and plants, produce secondary metabolites, also known as natural products. Natural products have been a prolific source and an inspiration for numerous ...

MADISON, Wisconsin — The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing habitat and climate ...

They utilized isotope geolocation to estimate the geographic origin of each butterfly. “The key principle of this method is that the isotopic makeup—or the stable isotopes—of the adult ...