"Despite many efforts to narrow the gender gap in leadership roles, women remain universally underrepresented in the top leadership positions in virtually every discipline, including in the sciences, ...

Last week I read an essay by New Scientist staff writer Graham Lawton with the catchy title, "Life in the anthropause." The online version is titled "Lockdown is a unique chance to see how human ...

I love a good viral video of a wild animal encounter—providing nobody gets hurt. Well, okay, full disclosure, I don’t mind so ...

Sixty-five percent of households in the U.S.—almost 80 million families—own a pet today, according to a survey by the American Pet Products Association. In addition to offering unconditional love and ...

Keith Gisser’s goal is to educate children about reptiles and amphibians and to take the fear out of being in the same room with snakes and lizards. So when he takes his “Herps Alive” show to Oakton ...

Discover how animals adapt to winter and what we can learn—from hibernation to staying active and warm during the cold season ...

With a deep appreciation, affection, and respect for animals that started in his childhood, Mark Goldstein went on to spend 40 years advocating and caring for animals as a veterinarian, director of ...

Animals don't read relationship advice or attend therapy sessions, but they understand things about love that many of us spend a lifetime struggling to grasp. They live with an emotional honesty and ...

Seven a.m. and fog stills the valley enfolding Warren Wilson College. Cattle stand like statues in the damp gray mist, a pasture vanishing beyond them, and trees beside the river are vague silhouettes ...