I wiped my glasses and glanced nervously through the trees. Fresh bear prints were climbing from the creek toward the hillcrest. I fumbled through the back of my vest and found my bear spray. I pulled ...

The idea of trees "talking" to one another through underground fungal networks—the so-called "wood wide web"—has captured the imagination of the public. This concept, where trees supposedly share ...

A garden orb-weaver spider sits upon its hard-won throne. The art of the orb-style spider web has perplexed evolutionary biologists for a long time. Before DNA sequencing revolutionized the field, ...