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For 15 years, Kuhlow, a 51-year-old former Stony Brook microbiology researcher, has been logging observations of leaf and bud appearances — in his own garden, or farther afield on a hike — into a ...

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Photographer Ryan Wilkes captured a hummingbird from a perspective that’s typically unseen. This slow-motion close-up of a ...

A content creator believed she was having an allergic reaction until she discovered bed bugs were responsible for the itchy ...

Nitisinone, a drug that is already used to treat two genetic diseases, could be repurposed to control the spread of malaria, ...

While most people believe that aphids on flowers must be fought for the blooms to thrive, the opposite is true. Discover why ...