Bats use echolocation to get around, but it wasn’t clear how these creatures managed to navigate dense environments—until now ...

A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute used a robot to mimic common big-eared bats' echolocation skills ...

Their trunklike fossils were discovered in 1843. Yet despite more than a century of speculation, scientists have struggled to ...

A rare yam species, Dioscorea melanophyma, spreads its clones by fooling birds with fake berries, helping it survive without ...

The black-bulb yam excels at mimicry, producing small clones of itself that look like the dark, shiny berries of seed-growing ...

The story of dragon’s blood spans folklore, botany and biochemistry. Here’s how it teaches us how trees respond to injury with blood-red resilience.