The Leap” is a new podcast series profiling scientists willing to take big risks—personal and professional—to push the ...

Researchers have found evidence of animals sailing across the oceans on accidental rafts of vegetation, fallen trees, and soil. It’s likely the animals weren’t planning to take a trip. Natural events ...

The Department of the Interior seeks to remove the lesser prairie chicken’s endangered species designation. What would that mean?

How well do we understand the long-term health risks to firefighters? Plus, researchers across the country are breeding ...

Pests are ravaging keystone species like ash, elm, and beech. But researchers are breeding the survivors into more resilient ...

Medical sculptor Damon Coyle walks around with a Mary Poppins bag of body parts. Fake ones, that is. At the University of Missouri, his lab creates hyperrealistic body parts designed to help medical ...

Scientists at the Missouri Botanical Garden are preserving diverse plant species. And, how micronutrients could help address world hunger.

Universe of Art is hosted and produced by Dee Peterschmidt, who also wrote the music. Our show art is illustrated by Abelle ...

With cameras down their throats, metal singers show how they produce growls, screams, and squeals without damaging their vocal tissues. Vocalist Mark Garrett (center) with fellow members of the ...

Dr. Michael Schatz is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Biology at Johns Hopkins University. His main research interest is to understand the structure and function of ...