Until quite recently in human history, and an eyeblink in the history of Earth’s ecologies, wild horses lived across much of the planet. By Brandon Keim.

They made him a present that couldn't be missed. By Lily Feinn.

It’s time to give the violent metaphors of evolution a break. By Kelly Clancy. (Mar, 23, 2017)

All gardeners, and all readers, have reason to thank them. By Simon Barnes.

New research challenges the one fungus-one alga paradigm of how lichens form. By Steph Yin.

There are places in the world where stars are the only source of light. Their singularity is breathtaking, inclines to reflection and becomes the root of inspiration. Places like that are usually unspoiled, natural and intact. These are the places where humans live in symbiosis with nature.

Latest research shows that flowers’ iridescent petals, which may look plain to human eyes, are perfectly tailored to a bee’s-eye-view.

In the tree-strewn savannah of northern Tanzania, near the salty shores of Lake Eyasi, live some of the planet’s few remaining hunter-gatherers. Known as the Hadza, they live in Hadzaland, which stretches for about 4,000 square kilometers around the lake. No one is sure how long they’ve been there, but it could be since humans became human... By Cara Giaimo.

Our new paper Better Together: Engineering and Application of Microbial Symbioses co-authored by Stephanie G Hays, William G Patric, Marika Ziesack, Neri Oxman and Pamela A Silver is out. Written in parallel to the creation of Mushtari, it considers wholes that are bigger than the sum of their parts by way of microbial symbiosis.

Recent research illuminates how symbiosis has been—and still is—a major player in evolution