The Maine Iris Society will hold its 59th annual Flower Show from 1:30-4 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, at the Auburn Middle School on 38 Falcon Drive. Many varieties of irises will be on display as well ...

What a gift it has been, to share time and space with Manty, to experience her totemic significance, a spiritual inkblot ...

The tiny spider, just 0.7 inches long with its legs outstretched, is also unique in its “thick and elongated” embolus, the ...

Even if you're not snorting spicy food, your nose can be provoked to react because the sensory nerves in your mouth and ...

FREE! This 2,000-year-old mug, depicting the ancient Egyptian guardian demon Bes, was likely used to hold an hallucinogenic brew in magical rituals. University of South Florida archaeologist Davide ...

The sky is full of stars, and so is the garden. Named for their likeness to stars, with radiating petals surrounding a round center, the beautiful Asteraceae family are some ...

They released more than 6,000 snails, all belonging to species and subspecies of the Partula genus, on Mo’orea ... They chow down on decaying plant matter and fungi, which helps keep the forest ...

Research by scientists The team of scientists conducted a chemical analysis of the organic residues in the vase, finding ...

A mummified ice age cub from Siberia is the first known mummy of a sabre-toothed cat, and its discovery is generating ripples ...

A new species of tarantula, Trichopelma grande, has been discovered in western Cuba by researchers David Ortiz of Masaryk ...

A study of the correlation between environmental variables such as latitude and body size in paper wasps (genus Polistes) by ...

Ephedra seeds found in an ancient burial pit may be the earliest evidence yet for the medicinal use of plants.